Some  Obseryations 


This  Manual  contains  more  infor¬ 
mation  than  many  whole  volumes. 

Please  hold  a  Foreign  Missionair 
Rally  in  your  church  Sunday  night» 
February  23d. 

One  sermon  might  be  preached  on 
the  growth  of  the  Foreign  Society. 

Please  do  not  fail  to  post  up  the 
large  bulletin  in  your  church.  It  has 
a  telling  message. 

An  offering  from  every  member  of 
every  Church  should  be  our  slogan. 

A  number  of  the  great  missionary 
workers  are  passing  to  their  eternal 
reward. 

If  you  have  not  ordered  March 
Offering  supplies,  better  attend  to  it 
to-day. 

A  number  of  new  Living-link 
Churches  have  already  been  enrolled. 
It  is  hoped  many  more  will  be  added 
during  March. 

A  number  of  individual  givers  will 
rank  with  the  Living-links  by  giving 
1600  or  more* 

Remember,  the  watch-word  for  the 
year  is  $500,000.  This  will  require  a 
great  united  effort.  But  we  are  able. 

A  number  of  churches  are  planning 
to  go  higher  in  their  gifts  this  year. 
Some  will  support  a  hospital  each. 

Let  it  be  borne  in  mind  that  the 
Foreign  Society  is  ready  to  receive 
annuity  gifts  at  any  time. 

A  number  of  new  missionaries  have 
already  been  appointed  since  the 
Louisville  Convention.  They  will  go 
out  soon.  Others  will  be  appointed 
before  the  year  closes. 


Study  “Gains  Last  Year,”  on  page 
12.  It  is  interesting.  It  is  hoped  we 
can  show  an  even  greater  number  of 
gains  during  the  current  year.  The 
missidharies  will  do  their  part. 

Every  preacher  should  throw  him¬ 
self  into  the  March  Offering  cam¬ 
paign  with  enthusiasm.  It  is  a  great 
opportunity  for  service,  for  growth, 
and  spiritual  awakening. 

The  Church  that  stands  aloof  from 
the  missionary  enterprise  cuts  itself 
off  from  one  of  the  chief  sources  of 
its  power,  and  closes  one  of  the  doors 
of  opportunity. 

Now  is  the  time  to  begin  to  prepare 
for  the  Toronto  Convention.  A  large 
offering  for  missions  is  a  fitting  pre¬ 
paration. 

If  you  have  not  read  “Among 
Central  African  Tribes,”  a  book  of 
157  pages.  Sec.  S.  J.  Corey  packed 
with  good  things  about  the  Congo  Mis¬ 
sion,  you  have  missed  Wmething  good. 

The  “Foreign  Society  Annual”  is 
more  appreciated  this  year  than  ever 
before.  The  supply  has  been  ex¬ 
hausted. 

“Father  Time”  continues  his  rec¬ 
ord.  See  page  2.  What  W£  do  for 
the  world’s  evangelization  must  be 
done  soon. 

Read  “The  New  Year,”  on  page  21. 
It  will  whet  your  appetite  for  more, 
and  quicken  you  for  larger  things. 

Please  study  “That  $500,000”  on 
page  23.  It  is  not  dry. 

“A  Little  Argument  With  Myself,” 
on  page  27,  contains  enough  for  a 
number  of  sermons.  It  goes  to  the 
point,  and  no  mistake.  Why  not 
debate  with  ourselves  and  less  with 
the  other  fellow? 


A  Foreword. 

TT  is  hoped  this  manual  will  prove 
helpful  to  the  preachers  and  others 
who  are  preparing  the  churches  for  their 
annual  offering  for  Foreign  Missions. 
Much  time  and  care  have  been  given 
to  its  preparation.  It  contains  the  latest 
information  concerning  the  world  field. 
We  believe  the  cuts,  and  diagrams  and 
all  the  illustrations,  together  with  a 
number  of  articles  will  all  prove  help¬ 
ful.  The  object  has  been  to  make  this 
manual  an  improvement  upon  all  that 
have’gone  before.  We  are  sure  it  gives 
more  information.  Many  facts  are  given 
here  concerning  the  work  not  found 
elsewhere.  A  careful  study  of  this  doc¬ 
ument  and  a  due  regard  to  its  sugges¬ 
tions,  we  are  sure,  will  greatly  increase 
the  offerings  for  the  world’s  evangeli¬ 
zation. 


PARTI 


tifje  Jforeign  S'Otietp 


“FATHER  TIME” 

Is  making  his  record  year  by  year. 
He  notes  great  changes.  The  world 
grows  better.  Light  is  breaking 
everywhere.  But  some  fail  to  see 
and  feel  and  act  for  the  Kingdom 
of  God. 


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Growth  in  Ten  Years  of  the 

Foreign  Society 


'  1902 

1912 

Per  Cent  of 

Increase 

Missionaries . 

.  115 

172 

50 

Native  Force . 

.  223 

1,085 

386 

Organized  Churches . 

.  74 

155 

109 

Membership . 

.  6,019 

13,464 

123 

Sunday-schools . 

.  96 

273 

182 

Sunday-school  Scholars . . 

.  6,771 

18,398 

166 

Day-schools  and  Colleges . 

.  35 

99 

183 

Pupils . 

.  1,904 

5,481 

183 

School  Fees . 

.  $1,206 

$11,790 

877 

Hospitals  and  Dispensaries  . 

.  15 

25 

67 

Patients  Treated . 

.  64,442 

158,827 

146 

Medical  Fees . 

.  $1,067 

$8,501 

698 

Missionary  Contributions . 

.  $5,483 

$11,543 

118 

Total  Raised  on  Field . 

.  $30,003 

$59,040 

96 

Income  of  Society . 

.  $178,323 

$400,728 

124 

Personal  Gifts  of  $500 

or  More 


During  the  missionary  year  ending  September  30,  1912, 
the  Foreign  Society  received  the  following  personal  gifts  of 
$500  or  more: 


A  Friend . 

. .  $18,300  00 

Delbert  L.  Soule . 

$770  00 

R.  A.  Long . 

. .  10,175  00 

Miss  Stella  D.  Ford . 

700 

00 

Horace  Morse . 

.  .  10,100  50 

Miss  Louise  B.  Cole.  ...... 

700 

00 

A  Friend . 

5,050  00 

Mr.  Alexander . 

600 

00 

A  Friend . 

5,000  00 

G.  H.  Waters . 

600 

00 

Mr.  &  Mrs.  M.  J.  Allen.  . 

4,798  00 

Mr.  &  Mrs.  I.  W.  Gill . 

600 

00 

Mrs.  T.  J.  Pepper . 

2,500  00 

Mrs.  Ida  W.  Harrison . 

600 

00 

John  M.  Galbreath . 

1,617  50 

Mr.  &  Mrs.  Philip  H.  Gray 

600 

00 

Diantha  H.  Taylor . 

1,200  00 

Miss  Margaret  Pugh . 

525 

00 

Frank  Coop . 

1,050  00 

Mrs.  Sudie  E.  Flint . 

505 

00 

A.  McLean . 

1,010  00 

Geo.  H.  Becker . 

500 

00 

Miss  Viola  Compton  .  . .  . 

1,000  00 

Chang  Hsiun . 

500 

00 

N.  J.  Nicholson . 

1,000  00 

Susan  H.  Bailey . 

500 

00 

Miss  Lucy  Conger . 

1,000  00 

C.  O.  Ewing . 

500 

00 

W.  H.  Cowdery . 

1,000  00 

Theodosia  Lyons . 

500 

00 

A.  R.  Teachout . 

1,000  00 

R.  H.  Stockton . 

500 

00 

A  Friend . 

1,000  00 

Mrs.  Alla  E.  Powell . 

500  00 

J.  Coop . 

993  00 

Dr.  Chas.  F.  Powell . 

500 

00 

$ 


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Growth  in  Thirty-Seven  Years 


The  following  tahle  shows  the  record  of  the  Foreign  Society 
for  the  past  thirty-seven  years.  These  are  cheering  figures.  We 
have  every  reason  for  thanksgiving.  This  showing  must  be  carefully 
studied  to  be  correctly  appreciated. 


*< 

fD 

P 

No.  of  Contrib¬ 

uting  Churches . 

Amount  Con¬ 

tributed  by 
Churches . 

No.  of  Contrib¬ 

uting  Sunday- 
schools  . 

Amount  Con¬ 

tributed  by 
Sunday-schools.  . 

Total  Amount 
Contributed . 

Missionaries . 

Native  Helpers. . . 

Total  Missionary 
Force . 

1876 

30 

$20  00 

$1,706  35 

2 

2 

1877 

41 

548  18 

2 

2,174  95 

2 

2 

1878 

68 

565  03 

47 

$195  10 

8,766  24 

5 

5 

1879 

209 

1,881  73 

52 

210  26 

8,287  24 

9 

9 

1880 

324 

2,723  09 

69 

246  02 

12,144  00 

10 

10 

1881 

217 

1,637  54 

198 

750  00 

13,178  46 

13 

13 

1882 

524 

4,940  77 

501 

2,175  00 

25,063  94 

11 

11 

1883 

473 

4,764  95 

516 

3,205  00 

25,004  85 

19 

1 

20 

1884 

585 

7,189  90 

699 

4,125  00 

26,601  84 

22 

3 

25 

1885 

648 

7,191  00 

787 

5,125  00 

30,260  10 

26 

7 

33 

1886 

653 

7,004  32 

820 

6,035  00 

61,727  07 

31 

13 

44 

1887 

774 

10,304  73 

1,064 

10,513  00 

47,757  85 

32 

13 

45 

1888 

990 

15,181  72 

1,217 

15,662  00 

62,767  59 

37 

23 

60 

1889 

1,038 

17,214  67 

1,417 

19,123  00 

64,840  03 

43 

27 

70 

1890 

805 

13,505  88 

1,251 

17,765  00 

67,750  49 

53 

28 

81 

1891 

991 

18,000  63 

1,511 

21,411  00 

65,365  76 

58 

34 

92 

1892 

1,355 

24,259  85 

1,452 

22,907  00 

70,320  84 

63 

37 

100 

1893 

1,208 

23,818  49 

1,571 

18,690  00 

58,355  01 

65 

44 

109 

1894 

1,806 

30,679  63 

2,276 

23,486  00 

73,258  16 

66 

55 

121 

1895 

2,403 

36,549  99 

2,525 

27,553  00 

83,514  16 

68 

66 

134 

1896 

2,459 

39,902  00 

2,605 

28,418  00 

93,867  71 

76 

67 

143 

1897 

2,586 

39,568  28 

2,810 

30,027  00 

106,222  10 

87 

77 

164 

1898 

2,907 

45,650  20 

3,180 

34,334  00 

130,925  70 

93 

108 

201 

1899 

3,051 

57,781  00 

3,187 

39,071  00 

152,727  38 

98 

131 

229 

1900 

3,067 

65,964  00 

3,260 

42,705  00 

180,016  16 

111 

146 

257 

1901 

2,762 

62,007  00 

3,216 

42,841  00 

171,898  20 

111 

160 

271 

1902 

2,822 

68,586  00 

3,365 

48,116  00 

178,323  68 

115 

223 

338 

1903 

2,825 

79,785  00 

3,310 

51,630  25 

210,008  68 

117 

290 

407 

1904 

2,915 

89,545  01 

3,532 

56,832  47 

221,318  60 

143 

295 

438 

1905 

2,834 

95,500  00 

3,552 

61,817  60 

255,922  51 

154 

312 

466 

1906 

3,178 

109,018  00 

3,638 

66,809  65 

268,726  00 

154 

333 

487 

1907 

3,415 

123,468  00 

3,785 

77,158  73 

305,534  54 

155 

410 

565 

1908 

3,457 

128,347  00 

3,742 

75,180  20 

274,324  39 

167 

594 

761 

1909 

3,396 

146,081  00 

3,775 

77,199  24 

350,685  21 

170 

634 

804 

1910 

3,227 

138,098  48 

3,864 

90,251  82 

360,712  92 

170 

761 

931 

1911 

3,023 

139,501  20 

3,787 

83,041  35 

379,082  03 

169 

759 

928 

1912 

2,971 

135,835  49 

3,981 

92,751  92 

400,728  44 

172 

1085 

1256 

4 


Growth  of  Foreign  Society 

Receipts 


1882  1897  1912 

$25,063  $106,222  $400,728 

The  above  illustrates  the  growth  of  the  receipts  of  the  Foreign  Society 
from  1882  to  1912.  Quite  an  increase.  Now  for  still  larger  things. 


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The  mission  steamer  Oregon  at  Kinsbassa,  lower  Congo,  loading  cargo 
and  wood.  Missionary  A.  F.  Hensey  can  be  seen  on  the  lower  deck 


What  Church  Did  It? 

or 

What  Church  Became  a  Living-link? 

The  LARGE  Church. 

The  SMALL  Church. 

The  Church  with  MORTGAGE. 

The  CITY  Church. 

The  COUNTRY  Church. 

The  Church  with  a  BUILDING  enterprise. 
The  DOWNTOWN  Church. 

The  MISSION  Church. 

The  Church  whose  situations  and  problems 
are  just  as  PECULIAR  and  just  as  DIFFICULT 


as  yours. 


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New  Living-links 

Last  year  nineteen  nezv  Living-links  were  enrolled.  It  is  hoped  that  a 
larger  number  of  churches  will  join  this  company  this  year.  We  believe  they 
will.  Already  some  ten  or  twelve  are  assured.  Some  are  sending  their  offer¬ 
ings  at  this  time.  We  have  500  churches  that  could  support  their  own 
missionary  and  be  all  the  richer  and  better  for  doing  so.  There  are  now  more 
than  100  Living-links.  This  method  has  proven  a  great  blessing  to  the 
churches  participating  and  it  has  proven  a  wondrous  help  to  the  cause  of 
missions.  Some  of  our  stronger  churches  have  not  yet  come  into  this  fellow¬ 
ship,  but  we  are  expecting  their  enlarged  help  soon. 


The  Experience  of  One  Church 

The  following  is  the  experience  of  one  church.  We 
could  repeat  this  many  times  if  we  had  space.  The 
Hopkinsville  church  is  not  wealthy. 

Magic  In  It 

The  Hopkinsville  church  is  delighted 
with  the  Living-link  plan.  We  raise 
more  money  and  raise  it  more 'joyfully 
than  before  we  adopted  it.  We  see 
what  our  gifts  do  now,  as  we  could  not 
formerly.  We  have  enjoyed  personal 

communication  with 
our  missionary  and  his 
family  also.  We  rec¬ 
ommend  the  plan. 
There  is  magic  in  it. 

H.  D.  Smith. 
Hopkinsville,  Ky. 


This  Church 
now  gives 
over  $1,000 
each  year  which 
goes  into  the 
General  Fund. 


The  Apostle  Paul. 


The  First  Living-link 
Church 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  a  letter 
of  the  first  Living-link  missionary  to  the  first 

Living-link  church  ivhich  supported  him. 

« 

‘When  I  had  departed  from  Mace¬ 
donia,  no  church  had  fellowship  with 
me  in  the  matter  of  giving  but  ye  only, 
for  even  in  Thessalonica  ye  sent  once 
and  again  unto  my  need. 

“I  am  filled,  having  received  from 
Epaphroditus  the  things  that  came 
from  you,  an  odour  of  a  sweet  smell,  a 
sacrifice  acceptable  and  well  pleasing 
to  God. 

‘  ‘And  my  God  shall  fulfill  every  need 
of  yours  according  to  his  riches  in 
glory  in  Christ  Jesus.” — Phil.  4: 15-19. 

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The  Living-Link  Possibilities 

By  E.  W.  ALLEN 

The  essence  of  the  Living-link  idea  is  that  it  brings  Foreign 
Missions  home.  What  the  globe  in  the  school-room  is  to  the  great 
round  world,  so  is  the  Living-link  idea  to  the  Great  Commission. 
It  reduces  the  vast  undertaking  to  a  small  scale,  bringing  it  within 
range  of  the  practical.  The  essential  difficulty  of  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sions  is  the  remoteness  and  bigness  of  the  enterprise.  In  a  general 
way  to  the  average  man  the  proposal  to  convert  the  world  to  Christ 
is  too  far  away  and  blurred  a  notion  to  engage  his  enthusiasm. 

The  membership  of  our  Churches  and  a  surprisingly  large 
proportion  of  our  ministers  have  at  best  only  hazy  impressions  of 
religious  conditions  in  foreign  lands.  At  bottom  our  missionary 
lethargy  is  due  to  ignorance. 

Advantages  of  the  Living-Link  Ideal 

ist.  For  a  man  to  join  with  all  the  other  members  of  the  con¬ 
gregation  in  supporting  a  missionary,  makes  the  work  personal. 

2d.  It  furnishes  a  missionary  to  the  church,  and  a  church 
to  the  missionary,  thus  answering  the  specious,  carping  spirit  of 
all  opposed  to  co-operative  efforts. 

3d.  It  does  away  with  the  feeling  of  the  unreal  and  far-off 
in  missions. 

4th.  It  increases  the  self-respect  of  a  church  as  it  comes  to 
have  a  definite  and  worthy  part  in  the  world’s  evangelization. 

5th.  It  transmutes  mechanism  of  a  society  into  the  magnetism 
of  personality,  and  the  apathy  of  the  ordinary  church  dies  when 
by  this  means  it  becomes  an  apostolate  of  truth. 

6th.  For  most,  the  “Go”  in  the  Great  Commission  is  impos¬ 
sible,  but  this  aids  in  translating  the  “Go”  into  “Send.” 

7th.  It  ties  the  church  to  a  distinct  part  of  the  heathen  world. 
The  personal  touch  with  a  definite  field  is  the  most  successful  way 
of  bringing  missionary  information,  and  through  that  inspiration 
to  the  home  church. 

8th.  It  visualises  the  needs  of  the  field,  a  powerful  lever  for 
opening  pocket-books. 

gth.  It  is  a  source  of  spiritual  enlargement  and  enrichment 
to  the  home  church  by  this  definite  participation  with  Christ  in 
work  abroad. 

loth.  It  establishes  direct  communication  with  the  field,  which 
is  the  world.  Letters  from  a  church  to  its  missionary,  and  from 
a  missionary  to  his  church  are  veins  and  arteries  along  which  mis¬ 
sionary  blood  flows. 

nth.  The  Living-link  is  the  missionarj^  radium.  The  church, 
minister,  and  missionary  all  feel  it.  The  light  needs  to  shine  full 
in  the  face  all  the  time. 

i2th.  It  spiritualizes  church  life.  The  atmosphere  of  the 
church  contains  so  much  world  ozone  that  no  one  wishes  to  turn 
from  God’s  business  to  petty,  personal  bickerings. 

13th.  The  constant  example  of  its  missionary’s  heroism  and 
consecration  is  contagious  in  the  Living-link  church. 

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i4th.  The  current  that  sweeps  abroad  comes  back  home  with 
quickening  power.  The  Living-link  church  comes  to  feel  that  it 
will  never  do  to  accomplish  less  at  home  than  its  missionary  does 
abroad. 

15th.  It  brings  the  missionary  lessons  of  the  Sunday-school 
and  of  the  Endeavor  Society  into  the  realm  of  the  actual. 

i6th.  It  creates  the  normal  church  life  and  spirit  out  of  which 
other  workers  for  home  and  foreign  fields  will  surely  come. 

17th.  It  sets  a  minimum  financial  standard  for  missions,  and 
hence  enlarges  the  standard  of  giving. 

i8th.  It  promotes  regularity  and  system  in  giving. 

19th.  By  its  appeal  for  generosity  it  fosters  a  spirit  of  support 
for  all  benevolences. 

20th.  It  breaks  down  the  antagonism  to  missions  and  criticism 
because  of  excessive  expense  of  missionary  machinery.  Every 
dollar  contributed  is  followed  to  the  field. 

2ist.  It  gives  directness  and  objectiveness  to  prayers. 

22d.  It  enlarges  the  life  of  the  individual  Christian  in  giving 
him  a  personal  representative  in  the  great  movements  for  the  world’s 
evangelization. 

23d.  It  furnishes  an  unseen  but  strongly  felt  force  in  the 
minister’s  life  in  supplying  a  touch  with  world  work. 

24th.  It  develops  the  minister  in  making  him  responsible  for 
the  careful  management  of  these  concrete  missionary  interests. 

25th.  It  helps  the  pastor  in  giving  him  an  associate  or  fellow 
worker. 

26th.  It  furnishes  the  pastor  with  first-hand  evidence  of  the 
power  of  the  Gospel,  for  the  triumph  of  the  Gospel  in  heathen 
lands  is  the  Gospel’s  best  apologetic. 

27th.  For  the  missionary  it  supplies  comradeship  and  fellow¬ 
ship  in  toil  and  loneliness.  It  gives  him  precious  anchorage  in 
the  homeland.  He  knows  that  somebody  cares  all  the  time,  and 
he  is  strengthened  by  the  consciousness  that  all  the  time  some 
one  is  praying  for  him. 

Now  all  these  numerous  advantages  should  stimulate  more 
churches  in  undertaking  the  support  of  their  own  Living-link  mis¬ 
sionary,  and  should  foster  care-taking  plans  for  continuing  the 
support  of  a  missionary  when  once  undertaken.  If  any  church  has 
fallen  down  in  its  support  of  a  missionary  it  has  been  due  to  its 
failure  in  perceiving  the  manifold  advantages,  and  to  a  failure 
to  follow  a  few  simple  methods.  The  average  church  of  300  mem¬ 
bers  can  easily  support  its  own  missionary  abroad  and  be  faithful 
and  just  in  its  support  of  all  home  interests. 

MY  MISSIONARY  SUBSTITUTE 

The  salary  of  a  missionary  is  $600  per  year  ;  which  amounts  to  $50  per 
month,  $12  per  week,  $5  for  three  days,  or  $1.65  per  day.  For  the  next 
tzvelve  months  I  agree  to  pay  a  substitute  on  the  foreign  fields  for 

{Mark  the  time) 

- Months  — - - Weeks  - Days 


Date- 


Signed -~ 


Residence 

9 


Tremendous  Value  of  the 
Native  Force 


The  Foreign  Society  supports  a  native  force  of  workers 
on  the  foreign  fields  numbering  1,085.  They  are  of  great 
value  in  spreading  abroad  the  gospel  among  their  own  peo¬ 
ple.  Most  of  them  were  educated  in  our  own  schools  and 
colleges.  The  number  has  increased  from  223  in  1902  to 
1,085  (or  386  per  cent)  in  1912. 

In  the  first  years  of  our  history  in  these  lands  we  had  no 
schools  and,  therefore,  labored  under  great  disadvantages. 
We  had  no  sufficient  way  of  preparing  men  and  women  for 
teaching  and  evangelistic  service.  In  the  past  ten  or  fifteen 
years  we  have  made  great  advances  in  the  matter  of  schools 
in  all  lands  where  we  are  now  doing  work.  The  For¬ 
eign  Society  is  supporting  six  Bible  colleges  where  men  are 
being  especially  prepared  for  the  Christian  ministry.  These 
are  training  schools  in  addition  to  ninety-three  other  schools 
that  are  maintained.  In  these  Bible  colleges  there  are  295 
young  men  preparing  for  evangelistic  service.  These  schools 
help  tremendously  to  give  strength  and  power  to  all  our 
work,  as  do  our  colleges  in  the  homeland.  Where  would  we 
be  and  what  would  we  be  without  our  colleges?  The  fathers 


Bokale,  Africa 


Miss  Nobu  Nakagawa,  Mr.  Yang,  of  Nankin,  Nathaniel  Sita  Ram, 
Japan  China  Jubbulpore,  India 


recognized  the  need  of  an  educated  ministry  in  the  very  be¬ 
ginning  of  our  work.  And  so  the  missionaries  soon  began 
to  call  for  schools  in  pagan  lands,  where  God  had  sent  them 
to  preach  his  gospel. 

There  is  a  force  of  88,500  native  workers  in  all  lands  sup¬ 
ported  by  all  boards  and  all  churches.  They  constitute  a 
strong  arm  of  the  service.  They  are  part  of  the  whole  ad¬ 
vance  guard  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  in  the  non-Christian 
world  that  is  moving  with  tremendous  tread,  overthrowing 
heathenism  and  bringing  in  the  reign  of  Christ. 

10 


The  salaries  of  our  native  evangelists  vary  all  the  way 
from  $24  to  $250  per  year.  The  average  salary  is  only  about 
$65.  Some  of  these  are  being  supported  by  individual 
friends.  If  we  had  500  more  native  preachers  in  addition  to 
the  present  force,  it  would  be  a  great  gain  indeed.  Some 
of  the  preachers  we  now  have  are  very  efficient.  They  are 
growing  in  grace  and  knowledge  and  power.  .  They  preach 
mighty  sermons.  They  are  leaders  of  a  nation.  They  are 
the  heralds  of  a  new  day. 

Americans  can  never  evangelize  Africa  or  China  or  Japan 
or  any  other  non-Christian  land.  Each  country  must  evan¬ 
gelize  its  own  people.  The  chief  work  of  the  missionary  is 
in  training  and  equipping  an  indigenous  ministry  and  work¬ 
ing  force.  This  course  is  apostolic.  This  is  the  history  of 
all  Christian  nations.  This  is  the  most  telling  method 
in  present-day  world-evangelization.  A.  E.  Cory  says, 
‘‘China’s  ultimate  conquest  must  be  by  the  Chinese.” 

Our  religious  neighbors  appreciate  the  value  of  the  na¬ 
tive  force.  They  take  great  interest  in  educating  and  train¬ 
ing  them.  The  Methodist  Church,  for  example,  has  9,212; 
the  Congregationalists,  4,854;  the  Presbyterians,  4,252;  the 
Northern  Baptists,  3,988,  etc.  We  want  to  double  the  num¬ 
ber  of  our  native  evangelists  as  earlv  as  possible.  To  this 
end  we  ask  the  co-operation  of  the  friends. 

The  advantages  of  the  native  worker  and  preacher  are 
easily  understood.  He  does  not  have  to  learn  the  language 
of  the  country.  It  is  his  own  mother  tongue.  This  he  has 
perfectly.  Dr.  Royal  J.  Dye  says,  “No  white  man  will  ever 
be  conceited  enough  to  think  he  can  speak  with  the  same 
exactness  of  idiom  as  the  native.”  The  native  evangelists 
understand  their  own  people  and  know  how  most  effectively 
to  reach  them.  They  are  acclimated  and  they  are  not  com¬ 
pelled  to  take  furloughs  and  rest  awhile  in  the  hottest 
months  of  the  year.  The  food  and  water  and  houses  and 
other  material  conditions  are  suited  to  all  their  temporal 
needs.  They  are  thoroughly  consecrated  and  are  ready  to 
make  any  sacrifice  for  Christ’s  sake.  A  missionary  says, 
“They  go  to  live  the  ideals  they  teach,  and  their  faithful 
living  as  much  as  their  teaching  has  made  their  message 
powerfully  effective.”  They  have  given  unquestioned  proof 
of  their  faithfulness.  Some  of  them  have  shown  their  will¬ 
ingness  to  suffer  martyrdom.  Some  have  been  in  the  service 
of  the  Foreign  Society  for  a  quarter  of  a  century.  Many  are 
really  great  preachers. 


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Raised  on  the  Foreign  Field 

Last  Year 


Medical  Fees . $8,501 

School  Fees . 11,790 

Missionary  Offerings  .  .  7,834 

Self-support .  20,938 


Gains  Last  Year 

Gained — 326  native  workers. 

Gained — 11  church  organizations. 

Gained — 2,422  additions  by  baptism. 

Gained — 25  new  Sunday-schools. 

Gained — 2,198  in  Sunday-schools. 

Gained — $6,461  receipts  on  the  fields. 

Gained — ^19  new  Living-links. 

Gained — 194  Contributing  Sunday-schools. 
Gained — $9,710  in  Sunday-school  offerings. 
Gained — 237  personal  offerings. 

Gained — 269  in  total  number  of  offerings. 
Gained — 54  per  cent  in  personal  gifts. 

Gained — $6,627  in  miscellaneous  offerings. 
Gained — $21,646  in  total  receipts  of  the  year. 


FORM  OF  BEQUEST 

I  give  and  bequeath  to  the  FOREIGN  CHRISTIAN 
MISSIONARY  SOCIETY,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  a  corporation 
existing  under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio,  the  sum  of 

$ - ,  and  the  receipt  of  the  Treasurer 

thereof  shall  be  a  sufficient  discharge  to  my  executors  for  the 
same. 


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The  Names  of  Those  Missionaries 
Who  Have  Died  in  the  Service 


‘‘  Greater  love  hath  no  man  than  this,  that 
a  man  lay  dozvn  his  life  for  his  friends/* 


INDIA. 

Miss  Sue  E.  Robinson. 

Miss  Hattie  L.  Judson. 

E.  M.  Gordon. 

G.  L.  Wharton. 

JAPAN. 

Mrs.  Josephine  W.  Smith. 

Charles  Elias  Garst. 

CHINA. 

Mrs.  Carrie  Loos  Williams. 

Albert  F.  H.  Saw. 

Edwin  P.  Hearnden. 

Mrs.  Edwin  P.  Hearnden. 

Thomas  J.  Arnold. 

C.  E.  Molland. 

AFRICA. 

Dr.  Harry  N.  Biddle. 

Miss  Ella  C.  Ewing. 

Mrs.  Edith  L.  Eldred. 

TIBET. 

Dr.  Susie  C.  Rijnhart. 

Dr.  Z.  S.  Loftis. 

DENMARK. 

Dr.  A.  O.  Hoick. 

ENGLAND. 

Mrs.  Mary  B.  Moore. 

Marion  D.  Todd. 

“These  all  died  in  faith,  not  having  received  the 
promises,  but  having  seen  them  and  greeted  them 
from  afar,  and  having  confessed  that  they  were 
strangers  and  pilgrims  on  the  earth.” 

13 


Three  Christian  young  men  at  Bo- 
lenge,  Africa.  There  are  several 
tailors  with  Singer  sewing  ma¬ 
chines  in  the  Bolenge  congregation 
who  make  the  clothes,  such  as  are 
seen  in  the  picture. 


Worthy  of  Note 

Last  year  the  gifts  on  the 
foreign  fields,  that  went 
directly  into  the  work, 
amounted  to  more  than  the 
total  regular  expenses  of  the 
Foreign  Society;  so  that,  for 
every  dollar  our  brethren  in 
America  put  into  the  work, 
as  many  dollars  were  actu¬ 
ally  expended  in  sending 
abroad  the  light  of  the  gospel 
in  the  dark  places  of  the 
earth.  This  is  an  encourag¬ 
ing  fact. 


Where  the  Money  Was  Spent 


The  following  statement  shows  where  the  money  was 
spent  last  year  for  Foreign  Missions  by  our  Foreign  Society: 


China  . 

India . 

Japan  . 

Philippine  Islands 

Africa . 

England . 

Tibet . . 

Scandinavia . 

Cuba . 

Turkey . 

Hawaii . 


$98,248 

56,927 

56,146 

41,143 

31,324 

9,582 

8,061 

5,114 

4,784 

300 

132 


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FINANCIAL  EXHIBIT 

OF  THE 

Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 

For  the  Year  1911-1912 


The  following  financial  exhibit  is 
in  many  ways. 

worthy  of  careful 

1911 

study.  It  means  much 

1912  Gain 

Number  of  contributing  churches . 

3,023 

2,971 

*52 

Number  of  contributing  Sunday-schools 

3,787 

3,981 

194 

Number  of  contributing  C.  E.  Societies 

939 

829 

*110 

Number  of  individual  offerings . 

1,202 

1,439 

237 

Amounts . 

$379,082.03 

$400,728.44 

$21,646.41 

Comparing  the  receipts  from  different  sources  shows  the  following 

1911  1912 

• 

• 

Gain 

Churches . 

$139,501.20 

$135,835.49 

*$3,665.71 

Sunday-schools . 

83,041.35 

92,751.92 

9,710.57 

Christian  Endeavor  Societies  .  . . 

11,287.90 

10,145.78 

*1,142.12 

Individuals  and  Million  Dollar  Campaign 

55,178.92 

85,116.80 

29,937.88 

Miscellaneous . 

34,961.98 

41,589.65 

6,627.67 

Annuities . 

46,790.97 

31,200.00 

*15,590.97 

Bequests . 

*Loss. 

8,319.71 

4,088.80 

*4,230.91 

Gain  in  Regular  Receipts,  $41,468.29;  loss  in  Annuities,  $15,590.97;  loss  in 
Bequests,  $4,230.91. 

TEN  LEADING  CHURCHES 


The  following  are  the  ten  leading  churches  in  gifts  for  Foreign  Missions  last 
year,  including  offerings  from  Church,  Sunday-school,  and  Endeavor  Societies: 


Louisville,  Ky.  (First) . $2,985 

Denver,  Colo.  (Central) .  1,625 

Akron,  Ohio  (High  St.) . 1,512 

Cleveland,  Ohio  (Euclid  Ave.) .  .  1,393 
Los  Angeles,  Cal.  (First) .  1,350 


Beatrice,  Neb . $1,200 

Des  Moines,  la.  (University  PI.) .  1,160 

Chicago,  111.  (Hyde  Park) . 1,100 

Fresno,  Cal .  1,059 

Chicago,  111.  (Englewood) . 1,006 


TEN  LEADING  STATES 


Ohio . 

.  $64,516 

Indiana . 

.  $22,776 

Missouri . 

.  35,570 

Iowa . 

.  17,854 

Kentucky . 

. 31,181 

New  York . 

.  11,765 

Illinois . 

.  28,454 

Pennsylvania . 

.  11,076 

California . 

. 28,173 

Virginia . 

.  10,694 

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Japan  consists  of  five  principal  islands  and  a  number  of  smaller  islands. 
Area,  161,198  square  miles;  population,  47,215,630.  Religions;  Shintoists, 
24,900,000;  Buddhists,  19,858,000;  Animists,  2,000,000;  Roman  Catholics, 
62,158;  Greek  Church,  15,098;  Protestants,  69,252;  missionaries  (men  and 
women),  853;  native  workers,  1,535;  stations  and  out-stations,  1,214;  schools, 
156;  pupils  under  instruction,  12,295. 

We  began  our  work  in  Japan,  May  31, 1884.  C.  E.  Garst  and  G.  T.  Smith 
were  the  first  missionaries.  Our  chief  stations  at  present  are  Tokio,  Osaka, 
Sendai,  Fukushima,  and  Akita.  There  are  a  number  of  other  places  where 
we  are  doing  work. 

We  have  two  colleges  at  Tokio,  one  for  men  and  one  for  women.  Our 
Bible  college  is  also  located  here.  We  are  in  much  need  of  additional  build¬ 
ings  in  Japan. 


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Belgian  Congo.  Area,  900,000  square  miles;  population,  30,000,000.  Re¬ 
ligions:  Animist  fetish  worshipers,  29,370,000;  Mohammedans,  600,000; 
Catholics,  17,000;  Protestants,  15,000;  stations  and  out-stations,  656;  mis¬ 
sionaries,  190;  native  workers,  1,542;  schools,  548;  scholars,  16,600;  pro¬ 
fessing  Christians,  26,000. 

We  began  our  work  in  Africa  in  1897.  This  was  in  the  Congo  Free  State. 
Our  first  missionaries  there  were  Dr.  H.  N.  Biddle  and  Prof.  E.  E.  Paris.  The 
work  has  made  phenomenal  growth.  One  of  the  best  Churches  in  our  whole 
brotherhood  is  the  one  at  Bolenge.  We  have  lost  three  missionaries  by  death 
in  Africa. 


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Area  (including  .dependencies),  4,277,170  square  miles;  population. 
426,047,000.  Religions:  Ancestor  worship.  Animism,  Confucianism,  Taoism, 
and  Buddhism.  Mohammedans,  33,000,000;  Catholics,  750,000;  Protestants, 
249,878;  missionaries  (men  and  women),  4,299;  Chinese  workers,  11,661; 
stations  and  out-stations,  4,890;  schools,  3,145;  pupils  under  instruction, 
79,794;  hospitals  and  dispensaries,  303;  in-patients,  45,188;  out-patients, 
897,011;  churches,  2,341;  Christians,  249,878;  publishing  houses,  6;  Bibles 
and  portions  distributed  in  one  year,  2,496,310. 

Dr.  W.  E.  Macklin  was  our  first  missionary  to  enter  China.  This  was  in 
1886.  He  reached  Shanghai  January  29th.  After  studying  the  field  for  a  few 
months  he  located  in  Nankin. 

The  first  convert  was  in  the  spring  of  1888.  This  was  our  Brother  Shi. 
He  was  baptized  in  a  pond  of  water  near  the  Buddhist  temple.  We  now  have 
stations  at  Nantungchow,  Luchowfu,  Shanghai,  Wuhu,  Chuchow,  and  Nan¬ 
kin.  We  have  fifty-eight  missionaries  in  China.  The  work  is  in  a  most  pros¬ 
perous  condition. 


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Area  of  1,725  islands,  122,000  square  miles;  population,  7,572,000.  Re¬ 
ligions:  Roman  Catholics,  3,940,000;  Independent  Catholics,  3,000,000; 
Protestants,  27,000;  Mohammedans,  270,000;  Buddhists  and  Confucianists, 
75,000;  Animists,  260,000;  Protestant  societies  at  work,  8;  missionaries,  107; 
native  workers,  330;  stations  and  out-stations,  212;  schools  13;  pupils,  509; 
hospitals  and  dispensaries,  8;  publishing  houses,  2;  Protestant  Christians,  33,961. 

Our  missionaries  began  work  in  the  Philippines  in  1901.  They  were  H.  P. 
Williams  and  W.  H.  Hanna.  Our  work  has  made  great  growth  there.  We 
have  baptized  about  5,000.  The  first  decennial  celebration  by  our  people  has 
just  closed.  It  was  a  meeting  of  wondrous  power.  There  were  800  at  the 
communion  service.  We  have  a  Sunday  school  in  Manila  and  four  congrega¬ 
tions.  We  also  have  a  church  at  Vigan,  and  a  school  building  is  being  erected. 
A  medical  missionary  is  also  located  there.  Laoag  is  an  important  center. 

Dr.  Pickett  is  putting  up  a  large  hospital  at  Laoag. 


L9 


Area,  1,766,642  square  miles;  population,  315,000,000.  Religions:  Hindus, 
207,000,000;  Mohammedans,  62,000,000;  Buddhists,  9,000,000;  Animists, 
8,000,000;  Christians,  3,000,000;  Missionaries,  4,635;  native  workers,  35,354; 
stations  and  out-stations,  11,440;  churches,  4,088;  communicants,  916,773; 
schools,  12,395;  pupils  under  instruction,  454,834;  hospitals  and  dispensaries, 
505;  total  treatments,  3,605,597;  orphanages,  180;  leper  asylums,  59;  insti¬ 
tutions  for  the  blind  and  deaf  mutes,  8;  publishing  houses,  12. 

We  entered  India  in  1883.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  L.  Wharton  and  four  single 
women  began  the  work.  The  first  station  was  opened  at  Harda.  Soon  after¬ 
wards  a  Mohammedan  was  converted  and  baptized  by  Brother  Wharton. 
He  proved  of  great  assistance  to  the  mission.  He  lived  only  about  five  years, 
but  remained  faithful  until  death.  Since  that  time  we  have  opened  stations 
at  Bilaspur,  Jubbulpore,  Damoh,  Mungeli,  and  Hatta.  Our  work  in  India 
is  in  great  need  of  reinforcements. 


20 


PART  II. 


iHartf) 


©{fering  for  Jfortign 
iWisiSions 


First  Sunday  in  March 


THE  NEW  YEAR 

We  now  turn  our  faces  to*  the  new  missionary  year,  which 
began  October  i,  1912,  and  closes  September  30,  1913.  The  Louis¬ 
ville  Convention  coined  the  following  new  watchword:  Twenty- 
Bve  new  workers;  $500,000  in  regular  receipts;  and  the  completion 
of  the  Million  Dollar  Campaign.  This  is  the  task  the  Foreign 
Society  laid  out  for  itself  in  the  Annual  Convention  after  carefully 
going  over  the  whole  situation. 

The  friends  must  not  think  of  less.  The  need  of  new  workers 
is  most  urgent.  This  is  no  commonplace  statement.  We  have  been 
compelled  to  close  one  station  in  India  because  we  lacked  the  men 
to  man  the  work.  The  work  in  Japan  suffers  because  we  are  short 
of  men.  Africa  calls  loud  for  reinforcements.  The  Congo  sends 
up  a  piteous  cry  for  immediate  help.  The  call  of  the  Philippine 
Islands  is  not  only  insistent,  but  most  worthy.  The  $500,000  mark 
is  a  creditable  aim.  We  must  not  fall  below  it.  We  are  able.  We 
are  coming  to  know  the  real  need.  We  are  able  to  interpret  the 
world-need  and  our  relation  to  the  whole  problem  as  never  before. 
We  now  see  our  position  in  the  plan  of  our  Lord  in  clear  outline. 
God  has  given  us  to  see  and  to  feel  for  the  world  in  its  deep  need 
as  we  have  never  seen  and  felt  before.  We  are  grasping  the  divine 
plan  and  coming  more  in  real  sympathetic  relation  to  God’s  eternal 
purpose. 

We  must  give  as  we  have  never  given  before.  We  must  cry  out 
to  God  in  prayer  as  we  have  never  prayed  before.  In  Him  and 
by  him  and  through  him  we  can  accomplish  any  task.  He  is  our 
might  and  our  All  and  in  all. 

This  is  not  the  task  of  the  Secretaries  and  the  Executive  Com¬ 
mittee,  a  few  Living-link  churches,  and  still  fewer  liberal  men 
and  women.  It  is  the  joyous  work  of  the  whole  body  of  believers 
who  have  the  vision  to  see  the  need  and  the  hearts  to  feel  for  the 
lost. 


With  a  warm,  earnest  prayer  for  help  and  the  new  slogan 
given  us  by  our  brethren  in  Louisville,  let  us  move  as  one  man  and 
dare  to  do  as  we  have  never  dared  to  do  before. 


21 


What  Method  for  i  Offerings  ? 

In  securing  the  annual  offerings  in  the  churches  for  Foreign 
Missions,  three  methods  are  employed : 

1.  One  method  is  called  the  “Budget  Plan”  or  “Omnibus  Plan.” 
By  this  plan  only  one  offering  is  taken  during  the  whole  year,  and 
the  church  divides  it  up  among  the  various  missionary  and  benevo¬ 
lent  interests.  The  day  is  set  apart  for  this  offering,  and  more  or 
less  preparation  is  made  for  it.  Some  reference  is  made  to  all  our 
missionary  and  benevolent  work,  but  as  a  matter  of  course,  no 
very  special  emphasis  can  be  given  to  any  one  in  a  single  day  and 
in  a  special  service  like  this.  However,  this  method  is  popular 
with  some.  An  Iowa  pastor  says:  “We  use  the  Budget  Plan,  and 
find  it  quite  satisfactory.  It  is  much  better  than  observing  every 
missionary  day.”  An  Illinois  preacher,  however,  speaks  as  follows, 
“The  Omnibus  Plan  was  a  failure,  as  we  did  not  get  as  much  as 
when  we  took  pledges  for  each  separate  cause.”  It  should  be  borne 
in  mind  that  no  plan  will  succeed  that  is  not  worked  consci¬ 
entiously  and  thoroughly  and  intelligently. 

2.  The  second  is  the  “Duplex  Envelope.”  By  this  method  a 
canvass  is  usually  made  of  the  whole  church  before  the  beginning 
of  the  new  year  and  every  member  is  asked  to  subscribe  a  definite 
amount  for  missions  to  be  paid  weekly,  just  as  the  current  ex¬ 
penses  are  paid.  This  plan  also  has  warm  advocates.  A  Missouri 
pastor  says,  “It  works  well  in  getting  the  money.”  A  Washington 
pastor  also  says,  “We  find  it  much  easier  to  raise  the  amount  to 
support  our  pastor,  and  the  same  with  the  missionary  offerings.” 
However,  this  plan  has  reduced  the  offerings  in  some  of  the 
churches,  not  because  the  plan  is  not  a  good  one,  but  because  it 
was  not  faithfully  and  persistently  worked. 

3.  The  third  plan,  and  the  one  most  generally  used  among 
our  churches,  is  to  observe  special  days  for  the  missionary  causes 
according  to  the  schedule  of  the  National  Conventions.  This  is 
the  oldest  method  among  us.  There  is  an  advantage  in  having  a 
certain  day  set  apart  for  a  particular  interest.  It  is  like  a  dedica¬ 
tion  day  or  the  day  of  beginning  a  great  revival,  or  an  annual 
commemoration.  It  can  be  said  that  there  is  more  enthusiasm  on 
a  special  day.  It  has  the  advantage  of  presenting  one  thing  at 
a  time.  There  are  many  things  that  can  be  said  of  this  plan. 
More  concrete  and  definite  information  can  be  given  on  a  special 
day. 

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Our  own  thought  is  that  the  churches  should  not  be  hasty  in 
breaking  away  from  the  special  day  to  the  adoption  of  the  Duplex 
Envelope  method  until  thorough  preparation  has  been  made  and 
until  the  churches  are  convinced  that  they  can  raise  more  money 
in  that  way.  The  chief  point  is  not  the  easiest  way,  but  the  way 
that  will  produce  the  largest  returns  for  the  advancement  of  the 
Kingdom  of  God  in  all  the  earth.  Let  these  methods  be  carefully 
considered  before  final  steps  are  taken.  It  requires  persistent 
teaching  and  constant  watchfulness  to  keep  alive  the  missionary 
interest  in  any  church,  just  as  it  requires  diligence  to  keep  alive 
the  church  itself. 


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That  $500,000 

The  Louisville  Convention  set  $500,000  as  the  mark  for  the 
Foreign  Society  for  this  year.  This  is  an  increase  of  nearly 
$100,000  over  last  year.  To  be  exact,  it  is  $99,271,56.  In  the  lan¬ 
guage  of  Samuel  J.  Mills,  one  of  the  first  missionaries  from 
America,  can  do  it  if  we  will”  We  are  abundantly  able. 

Archbishop  Whately  said,  “If  our  religion  is  not  true,  we  ought 
to  change  it;  if  it  is  true,  we  ought  to  propagate  it.” 

We  ought  to  raise  $500,000.  This  is  not  too  much  for  our 
brotherhood.  But  we  will  have  to  go  about  the  task  in  an  orderly 
way.  And  we  must  remember  that  “emotion  is  no  substitute  for 
action.”  It  will  require  action,  well-directed  action,  to  make  this 
great  advance. 

The  $500,000  will  have  to  be  divided  up  about  as  follows: 


The  churches  as  churches  must  give  . $150,000 

The  Sunday-schools  . 100,000 

Individual  gifts  .  130,000 

Annuities  .  50,000 

Miscellaneous  gifts  . 50,000 

Endeavor  Societies  . • .  15,000 

Bequests  .  5,000 


These  are  not  impossible  figures.  These  are  reasonable 

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amounts.  We  believe  the  brotherhood  will  so  regard  them.  These 
figures  require  the  following  increases,  which  are  not  too  much  to 
expect: 


Churches  .  $14,164  51 

Sunday-schools  .  7,248  08 

Individual  gifts  .  , .  44,883  20 

Annuities  . % .  18,800  00 

Miscellaneous  gifts  . 8,410  35 

Endeavor  Societies .  4,834  22 

Bequests .  749  09 


Total  .  $99,271  56 


If  we  can  make  this  gain  it  will  send  a  thrill  of  joy  around  the 
world.  It  will  insure  a  new  day  for  every  interest  of  our  people. 
For  mark  it,  our  people  are  going  to  move  forward  in  everything 
at  home  only  as  they  advance  in  the  regions  beyond.  A  halt  in 
Asia  or  Africa  means  a  halt  in  America.  No  doubt  about  this.  If 
we  reach  $500,000,  it  will  give  joy  to  the  Christian  hearts  of  all 
churches.  There  was  great  rejoicing  over  the  advances  last  year,  but 
$500,000  will  be  greater,  and  all  the  people  will  take  new  heart  and 
fresh  hope  for  a  world  campaign.  And  it  will  make  our  mission¬ 
aries  feel  that  we  really  have  some  interest  in  the  hard  battles  they 
are  fighting. 


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WHY  AN  EVERY- MEMBER  CANVASS 
FOR  THE  MARCH  OFFERING 

1.  It  answers  the  personal  questions  and  objections  o£  members. 

2.  It  supplements  most  helpfully  the  public  instruction  and 
appeal. 

3.  It  compels  a  fresh  consideration  by  each  member  of  his  per¬ 
sonal  missionary  responsibility. 

4.  It  dignifies  the  missionary  cause  in  the  minds  of  all. 

5.  It  vastly  increases  the  number  of  contributors. 

6.  It  discovers  and  develops  many  new  givers. 

7.  It  often  reclaims  many  lapsed  contributors. 

8.  It  is  an  invaluable  spiritual  inspiration  to  the  canvassers  and 
to  the  members. 

These  reasons  are  not  theoretical,  but  have  been  discovered  in 

actual  experience  in  a  large  number  of  congregations.  Any  one  of 
them  is  strong  enough  to  lead  pastors  and  church  officers  to  give 
this  method  a  real  test. 

HOW  TO  PREPARE  A  WORTHY 
MARCH  OFFERING 

The  relation  between  preparation  and  outcome  is  evident. 
Careful  planning  spells  success,  indifferent  approach  to  the  great 
Foreign  Missionary  day  means  failure  for  the  local  church  offer¬ 
ing  and  consequent  loss  of  a  worthy  part  in  the  conquest  of  the 
world  for  Christ.  Years  ago  it  was  thought  sufficient  to  have  a 
collection  for  missions;  nov/  it  is  recognized  that  only  careful, 
conscientious  planning  will  suffice. 

SOME  GOOD  THINGS  TO  DO 

I.  Preach.  The  setting  for  a  satisfying  offering  on  the  first 
Sunday  in  March  is  missionary  preaching  every  Sunday  in  Febru¬ 
ary.  Just  as  our  pulpits  should  always  ring  with  the  evangelistic 
note,  so  also  should  the  missionary  note  ring  true  and  clear.  But 
there  is  need  of  intensive  missionary  preaching  as  the  offering-day 
approaches.  Different  plans  are  followed  in  this  regard.  Some 
will  preach  four  distinct  missionary  sermons  during  February; 
some  will  make  the  missionary  idea  stand  out  all  through  January 
and  February.  A  missionary  rally  on  the  Sunday  night  preceding 
the  offering  is  a  fine  culmination  for  the  campaign.  In  many 
prayer-meetings,  missions  will  be  the  theme  right  up  to  the  first 
Sunday  in  March.  Whatever  course  is  followed,  world-evangeli¬ 
zation  should  be  the  theme  which  permeates  both  preaching  and 
teaching  until  Sunday,  March  the  2d. 

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2.  Publish.  Pviblish  abroad  in  the  congregation  that  a  great 
day  is  at  hand — a  day  of  joy,  of  privilege,  of  investment.  Make 
that  word  stand  out,  “investment” — of  life,  of  prayer,  of  gifts.  A 
great  deal  depends  on  public  announcements  of  the  coming  offering 
and  the  hopeful,  clear,  confident  way  in  which  the  matter  is  pre¬ 
sented  to  the  people.  The  Procter  and  Gamble  Co.  have  made 
millions  by  keeping  before  the  world  “Ivory  soap — it  floats.”  Shall 
we  despise  repetition  in  our  plans  for  the  greatest  work  in  the 
world?  The  Great  Commission  is  repeated  in  substance  five  times 
by  New  Testament  writers.  If  the  Holy  Spirit  found  that  neces¬ 
sary,  how  much  more  is  repetition  necessary  in  our  human  pre¬ 
sentation!  Use  every  means:  the  church  bulletin,  the  local  papers, 
the  bulletin  board,  printer’s  ink,  and  the  pulpit  constantly.  Make 
people  see  it,  and  they  will  pray  and  give. 

Never  speak  in  an  apologetic  tone.  Speak  positively,  triumph¬ 
antly.  Be  as  confident  as  you  would  in  announcing  a  baptism. 
Assume  that  the  offering  comes  as  a  matter  of  course  and  has  as 
settled  a  place  in  the  congregational  life  as  the  Lord’s  supper. 

3.  Set  a  Goal.  The  apportionment  is  an  ideal  to  be  reached. 
If  it  is  not  set  high  enough  by  the  Society,  raise  it  to  where  you 
think  it  should  be.  There  should  be  an  aim.  Lay  all  plans  to  reach 
it.  Make  the  goal  worthy  of  the  possibilities  of  the  congregation. 
The  apportionment  is  not  arbitrary,  but  suggestive ;  not  a  goad, 
but  a  staff. 

Many  ministers  feel  like  going  far  beyond  the  regular  appor- 
tionm.ent  and  setting  an  ideal  of  so  much  per  member.  The  follow¬ 
ing  standards  have  been  used  successfull}^  by  many  congregations: 

Minimum — -Fifty  cents  a  year,  one  cent  a  week,  per  member. 

Good — One  dollar  a  year,  or  two  cents  a  week,  per  member. 

Heroic — From  $2  to  $5  a  year,  or  from  five  to  ten  cents  a  week. 

The  watchword  for  the  year  is  $500,000.  That  would  be  an 
average  of  50  cents  a  year  each  for  our  whole  membership,  the 
minimum  standard.  Thousands  will  not  give,  and  it  is  hoped 
earnest  friends  will  give  enough  to  make  up  for  their  omission. 

4.  Honor  the  Little  Envelopes.  The  March  offering  envelopes 
have  collected  millions  for  the  cause  in  foreign  lands.  These  tiny 
agencies  enable  the  hand  of  the  giver  to  bestow  in  China  and  Africa 
and  the  uttermost  parts.  Overlook  no  one.  Every  member  of  the 
church  should  have  one,  and  every  special  friend  as  well.  Do  not 
fail  to  write  the  name  of  each  person  on  the  envelope  before  giving 
them  out.  This  will  greatly  help. 

The  above  are  general  plans.  A  more  specific  and  fruitful 
method  is  the  Every  Member  Canvass,  a  plan  for  which  follows. 
Other  methods  will  suggest  themselves  to  interested  and  resource¬ 
ful  preachers  and  church  officers. 

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Timely  Suggestions  About  the 

March  Offering 


1.  The  Announcement,  This  may  seem  to  be  a  small 
matter,  but  it  is  not.  Let  it  be  made  clearly  and  dis¬ 
tinctly.  The  first  announcement  should  probably  be 
made  not  later  than  the  first  Sunday  in  February.  A 
joyous,  hopeful  spirit  will  prove  helpful. 

2.  A  Special  Feature.  It  is  well  to  have  some  special 
feature  in  the  March  Offering  every  year.  It  seems  that 
the  emphasis  this  year  may  appropriately  be  put  upon 
the  rapid  growth  of  the  work  and  the  splendid  open  doors 
before  us. 

3.  Taken  for  Granted.  The  offering  should  be  considered 
as  a  matter  of  course.  It  should  have  a  place  in  the  life 
of  the  church  like  baptism  or  the  Lord’s  Supper. 

4.  A  Church  Rally.  We  hope  you  can  arrange  for  a  church 
rally  in  your  congregation  on  Sunday  night  before  the 
March  Offering.  This  will  go  far  toward  educating  the 
members  and  arousing  them  to  the  importance  of  the 
work. 

5.  The  Apportionment.  The  apportioment  in  a  church  is 
a  real  test.  Strike  high!  and  as  one  preacher  puts  it 
“then  strike  again.”  The  apportionment  will  help  to  re¬ 
veal  the  church  to  itself. 

6.  March  Offering  Supplies.  Make  the  most  you  can  out 
of  the  March  Offering  supplies.  Use  the  literature  and 
the  envelope.  Make  the  best  possible  use  out  of  the 
pastoral  letter.  The  March  Offering  envelope  will  prove 
very  useful.  Please  be  careful  to  write  the  name  of  each 
member  on  the  March  Offering  envelope  before  sending 
out  or  handing  out.  Stick  a  pin  here!  Two  pins  if  neces¬ 
sary.  Do  not  fail  to  place  a  copy  of  “Stirring  Facts”  in 
the  hands  of  every  member  of  the  church.  It  is  meaty. 
We  send  it  free  of  charge.  Also  a  copy  of  “A  Little  Argu¬ 
ment  with  Myself.” 


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How  Much  Shall  I  Give  this 
Year  for  Foreign  Missions? 


A  Little  Argument  With  Myself 

If  I  refuse  to  give  anything,  I  practically  cast  a  ballot  in 
favor  of  the  recall  of  every  missionary. 

If  I  give  less  than  heretofore,  I  favor  a  reduction  of  the 
missionary  forces  proportionate  to  my  reduced  contribution. 


II  I  give  the  same  as  formerly,  I  favor  holding  the 
ground  already  won,  but  I  oppose  a  forward  movement. 
My  song  is  “Hold  the  Fort,”  forgetting  that  the  Lord  never 
intended  that  his  army  should  take  refuge  in  a  fort.  All 
of  His  soldiers  are  under  marching  orders  always.  They 
are  commanded  to  “  GO.” 


n  I  advance  my  offering  beyond  former  years,  then  I 
favor  an  advance  movement  in  the  conquest  of  new  terri¬ 
tory  for  Christ.  Shall  I  now  join  this  class? 

If  I  add  fifty  per  cent,  I  say.  Send  out  one-half  as  many 
more ;  and  if  I  add  twenty-five  per  cent,  I  say  to  our  Board 
of  Missions,  Send  out  one-fourth  more  than  there  are  now 
in  the  field. 


What  Shall  I  Do  ? 

I  surely  do  not  favor  the  recall  of  our  whole  mission¬ 
ary  force,  or  any  part  of  it. 

Neither  am  I  satisfied  simply  that  we  hold  our  own  so 
long  as  the  great  majority  of  the  people  in  the  world  have 
never  yet  heard  of  Christ. 

I  do  believe  in  greatly  increasing  the  present  number 
of  our  missionaries,  therefore  I  will  increase  my  former  of¬ 
ferings  to  missionary  work. 


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The  Minister’s  Leadership 

in  Missions 

DANGERS  TO  BE  AVOIDED 

Doing  all  himself. — One  of  the  great  lessons  taught  by  the 
Laymen’s  Missionary  Movement  is  that  there  are  tremendous  latent 
forces  in  the  churches  which  the  pastor  can  and  should  use  in  the 
missionary  development  of  his  people.  Many  a  preacher  has  made 
the  great  mistake  of  doing  all  the  missionary  work  himself.  He 
should  always  be  the  leader;  but  being  a  leader  means  to  enlist 
others  to  help  do  the  work.  The  missionary  committee  for  the 
local  church  is  the  preacher’s  great  help  in  this  regard.  No  con¬ 
gregation  should  be  without  such  a  committee.  The  pastor  should 
not  be  discouraged  if  he  has  to  form  this  committee  with  only 
one  man  besides  himself.  Gradually  it  can  be  enlarged.  Such  a 
group,  praying  and  planning  for  the  missionary  interests  of  the 
church  will  in  time  revolutionize  the  missionary  life  of  the  people. 

Not  heading  the  procession. — The  preacher  who  allows  any 
of  his  people  to  be  in  advance  of  him  in  missionary  zeal  will  lose 
his  leadership.  He  must  head  the  procession  and  challenge  the 
most  spiritual  and  interested  to  keep  abreast  of  him.  There  is  no 
more  pathetic  thing  possible  than  to  see  a  preacher  with  men  in 
his  congregation  ahead  of  him  in  missionary  interest  and  feeling  a 
sense  of  disappointment  because  their  pastor  has  not  caught  the 
larger  vision. 

Not  doing  things  thoroughly. — Many  a  good,  earnest  man  fails 
in  the  missionary  giving  of  his  church  because  he  does  not  do  his 
planning  and  work  with  care.  There  is  no  royal  road  to  missionary 
success  for  any  church.  The  pastor  must  not  take  anything  for 
granted.  He  will  always  find  sufficient  indifference  or  opposition 
to  challenge  his  most  careful  and  conscientious  planning.  Some 
men  have  thought  that  weekly  giving  for  missions  would  make 
the  task  easier,  and  have  introduced  the  new  system  carelessly. 
In  such  cases  the  results  have  been  keenly  disappointing.  We  do 
not  hesitate  to  say  that  if  weekly  giving  is  not  introduced  with 

tireless  pains  and  care,  it  is  less  satisfactory  than  the  plan  of  an 

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annual  offering.  The  old  plan  has  an  appeal  and  enthusiasm  about 
it  that  the  more  systematic  plan  does  not  approach  if  it  is  intro¬ 
duced  carelessly.  However,  if  weekly  giving  is  put  in  after  a 
careful  educational  campaign  with  a  thorough  every-member  can¬ 
vass,  it  is  not  only  satisfactory  but  greatly  simplifies  the  work  of 
the  future.  This  plan  takes  far  more  work  than  the  other  to  begin 
with,  but  being  well  done  it  is  more  systematic  and  business-like 
ever  after. 

All  public  appeal  and  no  personal  approach. — A  pastor  can 
not  speak  for  missions  too  constantly  and  emphatically,  if  wisely 
done.  His  pulpit  should  ring  with  a  missionary  message  always, 
and  the  special  offering  for  missions  should  be  preceded  by  consci¬ 
entious,  ringing  appeal.  However,  simply  public  presentatipn  will 
never  win  a  great  victory  for  missions.  There  is  hardly  any 
church,  we  venture  to  say,  where  the  offering  can  not  be  increased 
one  hundred  per  cent,  if,  after  a  campaign  of  teaching,  each  mem¬ 
ber  is  personally  solicited  for  an  offering  or  pledge.  Let  the 
pastor  organize  and  train  some  teams  of  two  men  each,  who  will 
solicit  each  family  in  the  congregation  and  see  what  will  happen. 
See  what  will  happen  not  only  in  regard  to  pledges,  but  also  in 
regard  to  the  interest  of  the  men  doing  the  work!  One  would  not 
hesitate  a  moment  to  organize  such  teams  to  raise  money  for  a 
church  building — is  the  greatest  task  of  all  less  worthy  of  such 
effort? 

Fear  of  a  heroic  policy. — The  man  who  has  put  the  missionary 
work  of  his  church  on  a  high,  heroic  plane,  is  the  man  who  is 
happy  in  his  work.  Why  should  a  leader  hesitate  to  challenge 
his  people  with  a  big,  bold  call  for  worthy  things?  The  missionary 
cause  is  made  sacred  by  the  shed  blood  of  the  Savior,  and  the 
sacrificial  service  of  lonely  missionaries.  Is  there  a  battle-cry  more 
worthy  to  make  our  blood  flow  fast  than,  “The  world  for  Christ?” 
A  man  recently  traveled  a  thousand  miles  to  pour  out  his  heart 
to  a  rich  congregation  of  men,  in  regard  to  the  staggering  needs 
of  the  mission  fields  in  this  crisis  hour  of  the  work.  After  an 
hour’s  burning  appeal,  the  preacher  said:  “Now  we ’ve  hardly  done 
as  much  as  we  should  for  missions,  some  of  you  will  have  to 
give  $5.”  Was  that  worthy  of  the  cause  or  the  speaker?  Many 
preachers  have  learned  to  their  great  joy  that  the  men  in  their 
churches  who  love  them  most  are  the  ones  they  have  asked  to  do 
big,  worthy  things. 


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The  Bolenge  Board  of  Church  Officers 

By 

Secretary  S.  J.  Corey,  who  visited  this  church. 

Here  are  ten  men  who  have  been  chosen  by  the  missionaries  and  the 
Bolenge  congregation  as  officers  of  the  church.  They  were  chosen  because  of 
their  sterling  worth,  and  they  take  their  office  most  seriously.  Once  every 
week  these  good  men  meet  to  plan  for  the  good  of  the  cause,  and  almost  any 
day  the  call  of  the  wooden  drum  will  bring  them  together  for  counsel.  These 
good  men  handle  all  cases  of  church  discipline,  and  together  with  the  mis¬ 
sionaries  direct  the  evangelistic  work  of  the  whole  Bolenge  district.  The  two 
men  standing  are  the  elders,  Mark  Njoji  to  the  right,  and  Bofei  to  the  left. 
They  are  noble  Christians.  Bofei  supports  his  own  evangelist  on  the  field  with 
his  little  Singer  sewing  machine,  for  he  is  a  tailor.  Mark  Njoji  is  the  right 
hand  of  the  mission.  The  eight  men  in  the  front  row  are  deacons.  To  the 
extreme  right  is  Mboloko,  the  faithful  engineer  of  the  Oregon,  a  true  man  and 
a  fine  evangelist.  Second  from  Mboloko  sits  Ekumboloko,  head  wheelman  of 
the  Oregon,  one  of  the  strongest  men  in  the  mission.  In  the  center,  the  man 
with  the  hat,  is  Ntoli,  a  prosperous  native  trader.  He  is  a  man  of  fine  judg¬ 
ment,  and  also  supports  his  own  evangelist.  To  the  extreme  left  sits  Efoloko, 
one  of  the  strongest  Congo  evangelists.  This  is  without  question  one  of  the 
greatest  churches  we  have  in  all  the  world.  It  has  the  true  Apostolic  spirit. 
It  sounds  out  the  Word  of  Life. 


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About  Sending  Offerings. 

1.  The  offerings  should  be  sent  promptly.  This  is  simple 
justice  and  Christian  business.  Some  offerings  are  held  for 
many  months,  when  the  donors  suppose  their  gifts  have  been 
promptly  sent  on  their  mission  of  helpfulness.  Other  gifts 
made  for  Foreign  Missions  which,  for  one  reason  or  another, 
are  never  forwarded. 

2.  Care  should  be  taken  to  give  the  local  name  of  the 
church,  as  Mt.  Pleasant,  Corinth,  Sixth  Street,  etc.,  when 
different  from  the  postoffice. 

3.  Friends  are  requested  also  to  state  definitely  whether 
the  money  is  from  a  church,  a  Sunday-school,  an  Endeavor 
Society,  or  an  individual.  We  keep  separate  accounts  with 
each  of  these,  and  it  is  important  that  each  receive  proper 
credits.  A  little  care  in  this  matter  will  avoid  misunder¬ 
standing  and  save  much  needless  correspondence. 

4.  When  money  is  sent  for  a  special  object  or  on  a  pledge, 
or  on  a  Life  Membership,  or  Life  Directorship,  the  fact  should 
be  so  stated. 

5.  And  in  all  let  us  heed  the  apostolic  injunction:  “Not 
slothful  in  business,  fervent  in  spirit,  serving  the  Lord.” 

6.  The  offerings  should  be  sent  to  F.  M.  Rains,  Secretary, 
Box  884,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  who  will  at  once  return  a  proper 
receipt.  Money  should  be  sent  by  bank  draft,  post-office 
order,  express  order,  or  registered  letter.  Never  send  cur¬ 
rency,  as  bills  or  silver  coin,  in  a  letter  without  registering. 


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A  Heathen  Neglected 


A  Heathen  Saved 


The  Power  of  the  Gospel 

Cannibal  tribes  in  Africa  delighted  to  eat  “long  hogs,”  as  they  called 
human  victims. 

The  missionaries  witnessed  scenes  in  Fiji  too  horrible  to  be  described, 
too  full  of  fiendish  cruelty  to  be  imagined.  The  ovens  of  Bau,  used  for  cook¬ 
ing  human  bodies,  were  said  to  seldom  cool.  Now  the  people  are  Christian, 
with  beautiful  homes  and  churches. 

The  Eskimos  were  repulsive  dwarfs.  Their  looks  were  ugly  and  their 
habits  filthy.  They  wallowed  like  hogs  in  the  mire  of  their  own  filth.  The 
gospel  broke  up  their  icy  hearts,  and  the  whole  life  of  the  people  was  changed. 

Africana  was  a  desperate,  cruel  Hottentot  desperado  of  South  Africa. 
He  killed  no  less  than  200  with  his  own  hands.  He  stole  cattle  and  burned 
huts.  The  great  missionary,  Robert  Moffat,  broke  his  heart  with  the  story 
of  redeeming  love,  and  he  became  a  wonderful  evangelist. 

Thuban,  the  king  of  Upper  Burma,  was  a  monster  of  cruelty.  When  he 
was  inaugurated  the  event  was  celebrated  by  a  massacre  so  horrible  that 
several  hundred  of  the  nobility  were  among  the  victims.  When  the  city  of 
Mandalay  was  built,  fifty-six  young  girls  were  slain  that  the  eight  gates  of 
the  city,  by  their  blood,  be  secured  from  all  invaders.  Thirty  years  later  the 
Judson  Memorial  Church  was  dedicated,  and  the  Burmese  Christians  had 
given  thousands  of  dollars  toward  the  cost. 


“  I  am  not  ashamed  of  the  gospel;  for  it  is  the  power  of  God 
unto  salvation  to  every  one  that  believeth.” — Romans  1: 16. 

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Foreign  Missionary  Pulpit 


(Sermon  Outline.) 

Christian  Unity  and  For¬ 
eign  Missions 

Text:  John  17:  20,21;  Eph.  4:4;  John 

10:  16. 

1.  Magnitude  and  difficulties  of  the 
work  demand  unity  of  action.  There 
are  a  thousand  millions  to  be  reached. 
There  should  be  no  loss  of  resources. 
This  task  must  be  performed  in  all 
lands  and  in  all  tongues. 

2.  The  historic  divisions  of  our 
Western  world  should  not  be  trans¬ 
planted  to  the  Eastern  world.  Some 
can  not  be  transplanted.  “The  Occi¬ 
dental  character  of  our  differences 
invites  us  to  union  abroad.’’ 

3.  The  union  required  is  such  a 
union  as  Jesus  contemplated  in  His 

prayer  for  union.  It  must  be  a 
Scriptural  union.  Such  a  union  will 
not  permit  waste  nor  friction.  All 
friction  is  disloyalty  to  Christ;  and 
all  waste  is  disloyalty  to  the  world. 
We  must  not  march  separately,  but 
we  must  walk  together.  The  world 
can  not  be  evangelized  by  companies 
of  men  who  agree  to  differ,  but  by 
men  who  seek  unity  of  faith  and 
sentiment  and  action. 

4.  Christian  union  is  making 
greater  advances  on  the  foreign 
fields  than  in  the  home  land.  The 
Week  of  Prayer  sprang  from  the 
foreign  field.  Unity  of  effort  in  evan¬ 
gelism  has  had  its  chief  inspiration 
in  the  regions  beyond.  Party  names 
have,  in  many  cases,  been  dropped. 
Denominations  of  the  same  family 
have  been  united.  Union  in  publica¬ 
tions  have  made  great  advances.  The 
native  Church  demands  that  the 
children  of  God  shall  all  be  one. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Why  Foreign  Missions  ? 

1.  Commercial  Reasons. 

2.  For  civilization  and  progress. 


3.  Educational  advantages  of  For¬ 
eign  Missions — Languages — Geogra¬ 
phy — Science. 

4.  Historical  Reason. 

5.  Human  need  is  duty’s  call.  The 
man  who  used  an  inheritance,  but 
did  not  speak  to  his  brothers  and  sis¬ 
ters  of  what  he  enjoyed. 

6.  We  are  missionary  to  the  extent 
we  put  a  value  upon  our  experience. 

7.  To  vindicate  Christianity — A 
strong  argument — Missionaries  stand 
for  something  good  in  all  foreign 
ports  in  mission  lands. 

8.  Because  of  the  help  to  individual 
experience  and  to  the  home  church. 
It  broadens  the  life  of  a  man  or 
church.  Any  church  that  does  not 
take  an  interest  in  Foreign  Missions, 
takes  very  little  in  the  local  work. 

9.  Because  Christ  commands  it. 

10.  Everything  centers  in  the  re¬ 
demption  of  the  world. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Theme : 

Why  I  Am  a  Missionary 
Optimist 

Text:  The  ki’^gdom  of  the  world  is  become 
the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and  his  Christ;  and 
he  shall  reign  for  ever  and  cv^r.— Rev.  11 :  15. 

I.  BECAUSE  OF  GOD’S 
OPTIMISM. 

He  believed  in  the  world’s  redemp¬ 
tion  sufficiently  to  give  his  Son. 
He  has  made  no  other  provision  for 
reaching  men  than  thro’  missions. 

H.  BECAUSE  OF  MAN’S  SUSCEP¬ 
TIBILITY. 

No  race  has  been  found  without  a 
desire  for  God.  No  man  has  been 
found  too  vile  to  be  unaffected  by 
gospel. 


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III.  BECAUSE  OF  SUCCESS 
ATTAINED. 

Missionary  success  Christianity’s 
greatest  apologetic.  The  most 
heathen  people  reached. 

(Sermon  Outline.) 

Theme : 

The  Blessedness  of  the  Mis¬ 
sionary’s  Task 

Text:  Romans  10;  15 — “How  beautiful 
are  the  feet — 

I.  THE  WORLD’S  DEBT  TO  THE 
MISSIONARY. 

Contrast  lands  unmissionized  with 
those  that  are.  No  home  life,  no 
schools,  no  hospitals,  no  medical  sci¬ 
ence,  no  care  for  the  helpless,  where 
the  missionary  has  not  gone. 

H.  THE  MISSIONARY  BRINGS 
HOPE. 

Picture  hopelessness  of  those  with¬ 
out  God.  “Paint  a  starless  sky — hang 


your  picture  with  night.  Beat  out 
all  the  past;  drape  the  future  with 
yet  deeper  night.  Hang  the  curtains 
deep  along  every  shore  and  landscape. 
Fill  your  picture  with  sinful,  hapless, 
ignorant  men,  and  sad-faced,  de¬ 
graded,  hardened  women  and  chil¬ 
dren,  and  you  have  the  heathen 
world.  The  picture  which  Isaiah  saw 
in  his  vision — the  people  who  sit  in 
the  regions  of  the  shadow  of  death — 
sitting  there  still,  through  the  long, 
long  night,  waiting  and  watching  for 
the  morning.” 

Contrast  the  above  with  the  joy  of 
a  new-found  faith  and  the  uplift  that 
comes  through  Christ. 

HI.  THE  MISSIONARY  BRINGS 
PERSONAL  REDEMPTION. 

No  other  hope,  save  through  gospel. 
No  gospel,  save  through  the  mission¬ 
ary.  “How  shall  they  hear  without  a 
preacher,  and  how  shall  they  preach 
except  they  be  sent.^”  Picture  mis¬ 
sionary  victories  in  heathen  lands. 


Great  Missionary  Texts 

“The  wilderness  and  the  dry  land  shall  be  glad;  and  the  desert  shall 
rejoice  and  blossom  as  the  rose.  It  shall  blossom  abundantly  and  rejoice 
even  with  joy  and  singing.  The  glory  of  Lebanon  shall  be  given  unto  it,  the 
excellency  of  Carmel  and  Sharon:  they  shall  see  the  glory  of  Jehovah,  the 
excellency  of  our  God.” — Isaiah  35:  1,  2. 

“The  eyes  of  the  blind  shall  be  opened,  the  ears  of  the  deaf  shall  be  un¬ 
stopped.  Then  shall  the  lame  man  leap  as  a  hart,  and  the  tongue  of  the 
dumb  shall  sing;  and  in  the  wilderness  shall  water  break  out  and  streams  in 
the  desert.  And  the  glowing  sand  shall  become  a  pool,  and  the  thirsty  ground 
springs  of  water:  in  the  habitation  of  jackals,  where  they  lay,  shall  be  grass 
with  reeds  and  rushes.  And  a  highway  shall  be  there,  and  a  way,  and  it  shall 
be  called  the  way  of  holiness;  the  unclean  shall  not  pass  over  it;  but  it  shall 
be  for  the  redeemed:  the  wayfaring  men,  yea  fools,  shall  not  err  therein.” — 
Isaiah  35:5-8. 

“Go  ye,  therefore,  and  make  disciples  of  all  the  nations,  baptizing  them 
into  the  name  of  the  Father  and  of  the  Son  and  of  the  Holy  Spirit;  teaching 
them  to  observe  all  things  whatsoever  I  have  commanded  you:  and  lo,  I  am 
with  you  always,  even  unto  the  end  of  the  world.”— Matthew  28;  19,  20. 

“And  ye  shall  be  My  witnesses,  both  in  Jerusalem  and  in  all  Judea  and 
Samaria,  and  unto  the  uttermost  part  of  the  earth.  And  when  He  said  these 
things,  as  they  were  looking,  He  was  taken  up  and  a  cloud  received  Him  out 
of  their  sight.” — Acts  1:8,  9. 


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Seven  T|remendous 

Reasons 

The  following  tremendous  reasons  for  a  great  offering  the 
first  Sunday  in  March  may  be  urged: 


REASON  No.  1 

The  Foreign  Society  has  spent  about 
one-third  of  a  century  and  over 
$4,000,000  planting  our  present  mis¬ 
sion  stations.  More  than  $500,000  has 
been  expended  in  equipment,  land, 
and  buildings,  printing  presses,  etc. 
Besides,  there  are  schools  established. 
These  enjoy  large  patronage.  Small 
churches  have  been  organized  here 
and  there  over  the  mission  fields  of 
the  world.  We  have  gone  too  far  to 
pull  back  now.  To  stand  still  would 
involve  tremendous  loss.  We  must 
make  the  best  possible  use  of  what 
we  have  gained.  A  number  of  mis¬ 
sionaries  have  given  their  lives  for 
the  work,  and  now  sleep  beneath 
heathen  soil.  Others  have  sacrificed 
health,  and  have  returned  broken  for 
life.  It  would  be  a  crime  to  neglect 
or  to  turn  away  from  the  splendid 
start  we  have  made.  The  great  in¬ 
terests  we  have  all  over  the  world 
belong  to  the  Churches  that  have 
helped  to  plant  them.  These 
Churches  are  responsible  for  the  con¬ 
tinuance  and  well-being  of  the  work 
that  has  been  so  well  begun. 

REASON  No.  2 

The  growth  of  the  work.  —  New 
churches  spring  up.  They  require 
care  and  training.  Small  schools  here 
and  there  have  grown  up  that  must 
have  buildings  and  teaching.  This  re¬ 
quires  money.  Every  new  hospital  de¬ 
mands  outlay  to  conduct  it.  The  staff 
of  workers  must  be  constantly  in¬ 
creased  for  the  growing  work.  Living 
expenses  have  increased  in  all  these 
lands,  as  they  have  in  this  country.  It 


costs  more  to  build  now  than  in  former 
years.  The  families  of  the  missionaries 
are  larger  than  they  were  five  years  ago. 
We  need  not  be  surprised  at  these 
increases,  but  we  ought  to  rejoice 
that  the  work  prospers  and  requires 
more.  More  missionaries  have  gone 
out. 

REASON  No.  3 

The  opportunities  for  mission  work 
are  greater  now  than  ever  before  in 
the  world’s  history.  Barriers  that 
seemed  insurmountable  have  been 
broken  down.  Difficulties  mountain 
high  have  been  removed.  The  atti¬ 
tudes  of  hostile  governments  have 
been  changed.  Barred  doors  have 
swung  wide  open  to  the  gospel  mes¬ 
sengers.  Languages  have  been  mas¬ 
tered.  Schools  and  colleges  have  been 
established.  Those  that  sat  in  dark¬ 
ness  have  seen  a  great  light.  Every 
nation  on  the  earth  is  now  open  to 

the  gospel  of  light  and  liberty.  Hun¬ 
dreds  are  now  turning  to  the  Lord 
daily.  The  nations  are  all  astir. 
They  are  moving  out  into  light.  The 
spirit  of  democracy  is  growing  all 
over  the  world,  and  men  everywhere 
are  demanding  self-government  and 
better  government.  The  light  of  the 
modern  world  has  dawned  upon  men 
in  all  lands.  All  men  everywhere  hun¬ 
ger  for  a  better  life,  and  they  find 
their  satisfaction  in  Jesus  Christ. 

REASON  No.  4 

Now  is  the  time  for  our  people  to 
move  forward.  Our  simple,  direct 
New  Testament  plea  has  a  charm  that 
will  conquer  men’s  lives  if  we  will 


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but  make  it  known.  The  gospel  we 
preach  is  God’s  power  unto  salvation. 
Our  plea  for  Christian  union  has  a 
special  significance  in  the  foreign 
field.  We  present  the  only  true  basis 
to  reunite  the  children  of  God. 

REASON  No.  5 

We  have  no  barren  fields.  The  suc¬ 
cess  of  our  missionaries  is  marvelous 
everywhere.  Think  of  Macklin  and 
Meigs  and  Osgood  and  Cory  in  China. 
Communities  have  been  transformed. 
We  can  not  forget  our  intrepid  mis¬ 
sionaries  in  far  Batang  in  Thibet! 
Your  well-wishes  follow  them  to  the 
ends  of  the  earth.  We  can  not  over¬ 
look  the  wonders  of  the  gospel  success 
in  Japan.  A  new  nation  has  been 
born  under  gospel  influence.  Our 
success  in  the  Philippine  Islands  reads 
like  a  new  Acts  of  Apostles.  We  have 
baptized  over  5,000  in  these  islands. 
Our  work  in  India  charms  all  our 
hearts.  And  what  shall  we  say  of  the 
Congo  Mission  in  Africa.^  Dr.  Royal 
J.  Dye,  A.  F.  Hensey,  and  their  splen¬ 
did  associates  are  leading  a  nation  to 
God.  The  reports  from  that  dark 
quarter  thrill  the  coldest  and  most 
indifferent  hearts.  Wherever  our 
brave  men  and  devoted  women  have 
gone  a  great  light  has  sprung  up. 
No  society  in  the  world  is  accomplish¬ 
ing  more  than  are  our  people,  con¬ 
sidering  the  size  of  our  force  and  our 
meager  income.  We  do  not  boast. 
The  Lord  forbid!  We  will  be  par¬ 
doned,  however,  for  sentiments  of 
appreciation  and  thanksgiving.  God 
has  used  and  is  using  the  Foreign 
Society  for  the  spread  of  His  truth 
and  the  salvation  of  men. 


NOT 

How  much  of 
my  money  will 
I  give  to  God, 

BUT 

How  much  of 
God’s  money 
will  I  keep 
for  myself. 


REASON  No.  6 

We  must  keep  faith  with  the  mis¬ 
sionaries  who  have  left  home  and 
native  land.  We  promised  to  support 
them.  That  promise  must  be  kept. 
Some  of  these  men  and  women  have 
been  on  the  field  a  quarter  of  a  cen¬ 
tury.  They  are  growing  old  and  gray 
in  the  service.  They  have  been  in 
the  midst  of  famine  and  wars  and 
pestilence  and  persecution  and  social 
and  political  revolutions  and  up¬ 
heavals.  THEY  HAVE  ALWAYS 
BEEN  TRUE!  Not  one  exception. 
Some  have  afflicted  families.  We  can 
not,  we  dare  not  neglect  these  our 
brethren  who  have  trusted  us. 


REASON  No.  7 

Our  risen  Lord  gave  one  command, 
and  only  one,  to  His  disciples.  “Go 
ye  unto  all  the  world  and  preach  the 
gospel  to  the  whole  creation.”  That 
command  is  found  in  five  different 
forms  in  the  New  Testament.  The 
word  “apostle”  means  missionary. 
He  chose  twelve  MISSIONARIES. 
Their  one  business  was  to  preach  the 
gospel.  The  first  Church  went  every¬ 
where  preaching.  No  Church  is  a 
New  Testament  Church  that  does  not 
sound  out  the  world  of  life.  It  is  the 
mission  of  the  whole  Church  to 
preach  the  whole  gospel  to  the  whole 
world.  Our  supreme  authority  for 
the  missionary  enterprise  is  the  New 
Testament.  To  its  teaching  we  dare 
not  close  our  eyes.  To  the  voice  of 
our  risen  Lord  we  dare  not  stop  our 
ears.  GOD  HELP  US! 


You  can  do 
more  than  pray 
AFTER 

You  have  prayed, 
but  you  can  not 
do  more  than  pray 

UNTIL 

You  have  prayed. 


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P  ART  III. 


Cbutating  tlje  Cljurcfj  in  iHtoionS 


EDUCATING  THE  CHURCH 

Educating  a  church  in  missions  is  the  great  and  ' 
worthy  task  of  every  preacher.  It  is  a  joyous  service. 
It  is  interesting.  To  watch  a  church  grow  in  the  mis¬ 
sionary  spirit  is  like  watching  a  boy  grow  in  school 
who  is  making  worthy  progress.  It  brings  joy  to  the 
preacher’s  heart — and  satisfaction  to  the  church  as 
well.  Moreover,  this  education  insures  the  growth  of 
the  preacher  and  multiplies  his  usefulness. 

Such  training  of  a  church  is  no  small  task.  It 
requires  time,  and  industry,  and  patience,  and  study, 
and  literature,  and  some  money.  But  it  is  a  tremen¬ 
dous  investment  of  all.  Such  a  church  will: 

1.  Will  stand.  It  will  continue  long  after  the 
preacher  has  gone. 

2.  It  will  keep  the  unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the  bonds 
of  peace. 

3.  It  will  be  a  true  Apostolic  church. 

4.  It  will  be  pure  in  its  life  and  guide  the  world 
in  the  right  way  of  the  Lord. 

5.  It  will  inspire  and  lead  other  churches  to  a 
similar  interest. 

6.  Its  sons  and  daughters  will  give  themselves  to 
the  mission  fields. 


Seven  Good  Methods  of  Missionary 

Education 


1.  Missionary  sermons  and  lec¬ 
tures. 

2.  Monthly  missionary  meetings 
at  the  mid-week  service,  in  charge  of 
the  Missionary  Committee  of  the 
church. 

3.  Organized  mission  study 
classes,  with  text-books  and  reference 
library,  meeting  each  week  for  eight 
or  ten  weeks. 


4.  Systematic  circulation  of  lit¬ 
erature,  including  pamphlets,  leaf¬ 
lets,  books,  and  missionary  magazines. 

5.  Men’s  Missionary  Supper. 

6.  Maps,  charts,  mottoes,  mis¬ 
sionary  facts  in  Church  bulletin  and 
on  bulletin  board. 

7.  Missionary  rally  on  Sunday 
preceding  offering,  led  by  men  of 
congregation. 


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What  Missionaries  Have  Done 

Misisonaries  have  translated  the  Bible  into  about  seven- 
tenths  of  the  world’s  speech. 

Missionaries  have  done  more  than  any  one  class  to  bring 
peace  among  savage  tribes. 

One  missionary  alone,  Robert  Hume,  in  India,  distrib¬ 
uted  through  a  great  Indian  famine  $1,000,000  of  relief 
funds. 

‘‘Perhaps  the  one  most  useful  drug  in  medicine  is  quinine, 
and  the  world  owes  it  to  the  Jesuit  missionaries  of  South 
America. — Dr.  Keene. 

All  the  museums  of  the  world  have  been  enriched  by  the 
examples  of  the  plants,  animals,  and  products  of  distant  • 
countries  collected  by  missionaries. 

The  export  trade  of  the  United  States  to  Asiatic  coun¬ 
tries  jumped  from  about  $58,000,000  in  1903  to  about  $127,- 
000,000  in  1905,  which  was  due  chiefly  to  missionary  in¬ 
fluence. 

Missionaries  were  the  flrst  to  give  any  information  about 
the  far  interior  of  Africa.  They  have  given  the  world  more 
accurate  geographical  knowledge  of  that  land  than  all  other 
classes  combined. 

It  is  to  missionary  efforts  that  all  South  Sea  literature 
is  due;  there  is  not  a  single  case  on  record  of  the  reduction 
to  writing  of  a  Polynesian  language  by  another  than  a  Chris¬ 
tian  worker. 

It  was  missionaries  who  discovered  the  Moabite  stone, 
thus  unlocking  the  records  of  a  forgotten  empire;  also  the 
Nestorian  tablet,  by  which  a  new  chapter  in  early  Christian 
history  was  recovered. 

African  rubber  was  first  discovered  by  Wilson,  of  the 
Gaboon  mission;  Khaki,  the  dye  used  for  soldiers’  uniform, 

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was  discovered  by  a  missionary  of  the  Basel  mission,  on  the 
west  coast  of  Africa. 

During  the  nineteenth  century  missionaries  reduced  to 

writing  for  the  first  time  219  spoken  languages,  for  the  pur- 

_  » 

pose  of  Bible  translating.  Bishop  Patteson  alone  gave  a 
written  form  to  twenty-three  Melanesian  languages  and 
made  grammars  in  thirteen  of  these. 

The  missionaries  have  expanded  the  world’s  commerce. 
The  trade  with  the  Fiji  Islands  in  one  year  is  more  than 
the  entire  amount  spent  in  fifty  years  in  Christianizing  them. 
A  great  English  statesman  estimated  that  when  a  mission¬ 
ary  had  been  twenty  years  on  the  field  he  was  worth  in  his 
indirect  expansion  of  trade  and  commerce  ten  thousand 
pounds  per  year  to  British  commerce. 

The  missionary  has  wakened  up  the  sleeping  nations. 
The  lands  of  Asia  and  Africa  are  no  longer  asleep.  All  Asia 
is  seething  to-day  with  a  new  force.  The  world  is  astir  with 
the  thrill  of  new  life.  The  missionary  has  contributed  to 
the  new  awakening. 

One  hundred  years  ago,  if  any  Western  nation  wanted 
to  go  out  and  take  a  slice  of  the  world,  it  went  and  took  it, 
and  did  not  feel  called  upon  to  justify  itself.  But  now,  if 
any  country  wants  to  take  land  elsewhere,  it  has  to  set  up 
some  just  reason  for  doing  so.  There  was  a  time  when 
the  Eastern  people  seemed  likely  to  be  not  the  white  man’s 
burden,  but  the  white  man’s  beast  of  burden.  Nothing  has 
changed  the  situation  so  much  as  the  unselfish  movement 
embodied  in  the  missionary  activity. 

Writing  of  the  Celebes,  A.  L.  Wallace  said:  ‘‘The  mis¬ 
sionaries  have  much  to  be  proud  of  in  this  country.  They 
have  assisted  the  government  in  changing  the  savage  into 
a  civilized  community  in  a  wonderfully  short  space  of  time. 
Forty  years  ago  the  country  was  a  wilderness.  The  people, 
naked  savages,  furnished  their  rude  homes  with  human 
heads.  Now  it  is  a  garden.” 


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GIVING  MONEY  AND  SELF 

Cyrus  Hamlin,  the  founder  of  Robert  College  in  Turkey,  de 
dares  that  his  becoming  a  missionary  was  due  to  a  contribution- 
box.  When  but  a  small  boy,  one  day  he  went  off  to  the  annual 
village  muster,  which  was  always  a  great  occasion  in  a  New  England 
village.  He  was  given  seven  pennies  by  his  mother  with  which  to 
buy  his  luncheon.  As  she  handed  them  to  him  she  said,  “Perhaps, 
Cyrus,  you  will  put  a  cent  or  two  into  the  contribution-box  at  Mrs. 
Farrar’s.”  As  he  drew  near  the  house  he  wished  that  his  mother 
had  not  said  one  or  two,  but  he  finally  decided  on  two  for  mis¬ 
sions.  Then  conscience  began  to  work.  Two  pennies  for  missions 
and  five  for  himself?  That  would  not  do,  so  he  decided  on  three 
for  missions.  But  he  was  still  not  satisfied,  and  when  he  reached 
Mrs.  Farrar’s  door  he  said  to  himself,  “Hang  it  all!  I  ’ll  dump  them 
all  in  and  have  no  more  bother  about  it,”  and  with  this  he  put  all 
seven  pennies  in  the  box.  It  meant  that  he  himself  went  hungry 
that  day  at  the  muster,  but  a  conquest  for  the  missionary  cause 
had  been  made;  and  it  was  not  strange  that  in  later  years  such  a 
boy  should  give  his  life  to  missions.  It  was  through  missionary 
giving  that  his  interest  was  so  deeply  stimulated  that  in  due  time 
he  gave  the  greatest  gift  possible  for  any  one'  to  give — himself. 
— George  H.  Trull. 

A  GIVING  CHURCH-SECRET  OF 

ITS  SUCCESS 

1.  It  has  an  adequate  motive.  It  is  a  church  with  a  “go”  in  it. 
It  regards  itself  as  a  force  and  the  whole  world  as  its  field.  It  has 
received  its  commission  from  its  Divine  Head,  and,  taking  him 
at  his  word,  makes  it  its  one  main  business  to  fulfill  its  mission. 
It  asserts  in  season  and  out  of  season  that  it  is  the  mission  of  the 
whole  church  to  give  the  whole  gospel  to  the  whole  world. 

2.  The  giving  church  puts  Scriptural  principles  of  giving  into 
practice.  It  is  not  satisfied  to  give  less  for  the  spread  of  the  King¬ 
dom  in  all  the  world  than  it  spends  upon  itself. 

3.  The  giving  church  has  an  adequate  objective.  It  assumes 
a  definite  obligation,  as  large  as  the  subscriptions  of  its  members 
make  possible.  It  widens  the  sphere  of  its  influence  to  include  a 
parish  abroad  in  the  needy,  non-Christian  regions  beyond,  and  a 
parish  at  home  in  our  own  country. 

4.  The  giving  church  has  a  sound  business  system.  It  goes 
by  the  rule  of  giving  which  Paul  found  and  had  worked  so  well 
in  all  Macedonia  that  he  recommended  it  to  the  church  of  Corinth, 
“Upon  the  first  day  of  the  week  let  each  one  of  you  lay  by  him 
in  store  as  he  may  prosper.” 


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‘‘Charity  Begins  at  Home” 


The  man  who  desires  to  confine  all  his  religious 
and  philanthropic  activities  to  his  own  home  land 
may  well  examine  himself  in  the  light  of  history  to 
•  learn  where  he  would  be  had  the  Apostle  Paul,  St. 
Augustine  and  other  early  missionaries  followed  the 
same  logic,  and  confined  their  work  to  Jerusalem  or 
to  Rome,  refusing  to  proclaim  the  gospel  to  the  bar¬ 
barians  in  Greece  or  Britain  or  to  preach  the  gospel 
to  those  that  were  afar  off.  We  ourselves  are  the 
fruitage  of  missionary  activity.  Freely  having  re¬ 
ceived,  we  must  freely  give,  or  be  false  to  the  essen¬ 
tial  spirit  of  our  religion.  If  the  apostles  of  old  had 
insisted  upon  confining  their  efforts  to  Jerusalem 

until  all  the  citizens  of  Jerusalem  had  become  Chris- 

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tians,  it  is  quite  probable  that  the  gospel  message 
would  never  have  been  proclaimed  far  beyond  the 
borders  of  Palestine.  America  has  had  the  gospel 
several  hundred  years,  England  has  had  the  gospel 
more  than  a  thousand  years,  yet  neither  country  is 
now  wholly  Christian.  Charity  may  begin  at  home, 
but  it  does  not  stop  there. 


The  Missionary  Committee 

1.  Divides  and  locates  responsibility. 

2.  Enlists  individual  activity. 

3.  Re-enforces  pastoPs  efforts. 

4.  Challenges  study  of  missions. 

5.  Provides  great  opportunity  for  service. 

6.  Reaches  membership  individually. 

7.  Stimulates  spiritual  life. 

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WHY 


should  we  give  money  to  save  the  heathen  abroad  when  there 
are  heathen  in  our  own  country  to  save  ? 


There  are  other  “WHYS”  equally  logical. 

WHY  should  I  give  money  to  save  those  in  other  parts  of  this  country 
when  there  are  needy  ones  in  my  own  State  ? 

WHY  should  1  give  to  those  in  other  parts  of  the  State  when  there  are 
needy  ones  in  my  own  town  ? 

WHY  should  I  give  to  the  poor  in  the  town  when  my  own  church  needs 
the  money  ? 

WHY  should  1  give  to  the  church  when  my  own  family  wants  it  ? 

WHY  should  I  give  to  my  family  what  I  want  myself  ? 

WHY  ?  —  Because  I  am  a  Christian;  not  a  heathen. 

—A.  P.  UPHAM. 


H 

A 

T 


DO  YOU  KNOW 

■T^HERE  were  one  million  living  converts  in 

*  the  non-Christian  world  at  the  end  of 
the  first  hundred  years  of  modern  mission¬ 
ary  effort? 

'T'HE  second  million  were  won  in  the  next 
twelve  years  ? 

TTHEY  are  now  being  won  at  the  rate  of  a 

*  million  in  six  years  ? 

liyiORE  millions  of  money  means  more 
missionaries,  and  more  missionaries 
means  more  millions  of  converts  ? 


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4 


How  Much  Owest  T^hou  ? 


'The  path  made  smooth  beneath  th^  feet, 
The  wa^  made  plain  before  th^  face, 

He  brings  th^  soul,  with  patience  sweet. 
Unto  His  love’s  appointed  place. 

And  how  much  owest  thou? 

The  thin^  thou  could’ st  not  be.  He  is  ; 

The  goal  thou  could’st  not.  He  has  won; 
About  thee  throng  His  ministries. 

Before  thee  shines  the  light  of  home. 
And  how  much  owest  thou  ? 

Yet  thousands  wander,  far  from  light; 

Poor  sheep  look  up,  and  are  not  fed. 

His  loved  ones  perish  in  the  night — 

Th;g  brothers  faint  for  lack  of  bread. 
Then  how  much  owest  thou  ? 

—H.  L.  B. 


Physicians  Indorse  Medical  Missions 


Two  hundred  and  five  doctors  in  the  diocese  of  Oxford 
recently  signed  an  appeal  in  behalf  of  medical  missions  on 
the  following  grounds: 

1.  The  example  and  authority  of  Christ. 

2.  The  teaching  of  the  Bible  in  the  miracles  of  healing, 
and  their  results. 

3.  The  relief  of  suffering  through  medical  missions  in 
regions  where  ignorance  and  quackery  prevail. 

4.  The  need  of  lady  physicians  to  the  secluded  women 
of  the  East. 

5.  The  need  of  medical  service  to  missionaries  them- 
selves. 

6.  The  history  of  medical  missions  is  its  best  justifi¬ 
cation. — From  The  Missionary  Review, 

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Features  of  a  Standard  Missionary 

Church 

1 .  A  missionary  pastor. 

2.  A  missionary  Committee. 

3.  A  missionary  Sunday-school. 

4.  A  program  of  prayer  for  missions. 

5.  Systematic  missionary  education. 

6.  An  every-member  canvass  for  missions. 

7.  A  missionary  offering  from  each  member. 

« 

The  Every-Member  Canvass 

1 .  Hold  Men’s  Supper. 

2.  Exhibit  local  church  statistics: 

(a)  Last  year’s  gifts. 

(b)  Number  of  church  members. 

(c)  Number  of  subscribers  to  missions. 

3.  Set  financial  goal. 

4.  Appoint  Canvassing  Committee. 

5.  Canvass  entire  membership,  going  two 

by  two. 

6.  Secure  individual  pledges. 

7.  Report  progress  frequently. 

8.  Complete  canvass  promptly. 

American  Protestant  Forces 


Church  Members .  22,000,000 

Church  Adherents .  60,000,000 

Sunday-school  Enrollment.  .  16,000,000 

Ordained  Ministers .  1 62,000 

Church  Organizations .  21  5,000 

Church  Buildings .  210,000 

Seating  Capacity . .  60,000,000 


Value  Church  Property  .  .  .  .$1,300,000,000 


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open  Doors 

According  to  His  promise,  God  is  shaking  the  nations. 
There  has  been  no  time  since  Pentecost  when  there  were  so 
many  doors  of  opportunity  open  before  the  Church  of  Christ. 
China  and  Japan  and  Korea  and  India  are  open  everywhere. 
A  recent  writer  has  said:  ‘‘The  whole  world  is  agreed  in 
recognizing  in  the  transformation  of  China  one  of  the  great¬ 
est  movements  in  human  history.  Whether  we  consider  the 
immensity  of  the  population  affected,  the  character  of  the 
change  that  is  taking  place,  the  magnitude  of  the  interests 
which  are  involved,  the  comparative  peacefulness  of  the 
crisis,  or  the  significance  of  the  fact  that  a  great  and  ancient 
race  is  undergoing  in  the  period  of  a  decade  a  radical  intel¬ 
lectual  and  spiritual  readjustment,  it  is  evident  that  it  is 
given  to  us  to  witness  and  have  part  in  a  vast  movement 
whose  consequences  will  affect  the  whole  world  and  be  un¬ 
ending.” 

In  Japan  there  has  been  a  conference  of  representatives 
of  Shintoism,  Buddhism,  and  Christianity,  all  on  the  same 
footing  and  under  government  auspices.  This  is  the  first 
time  that  Christianity  has  been  formally  recognized  by  the 
government.  In  previous  years  Japan’s  statesmen  regarded 
Buddhism  and  Christianity  as  superstition.  They  felt  no 
need  of  any  religion,  either  for  themselves  or  for  the  people. 
Now  some  of  the  foremost  leaders  in  the  nation  realize  that 
civilization  depends  upon  morality,  and  the  highest  morality 
upon  religion.  On  this  account  they  hold  that  religion  must 
be  tolerated  and  encouraged.  The  recent  change  of  attitude 
is  most  significant  and  most  gratifying.  At  the  same  time 
Japan  has  some  reactionaries.  These  are  found  in  consider¬ 
able  strength  in  tffe  Department  of  Education.  The  teach¬ 
ers  in  Christian  schools  feel  the  force  of  their  antagonism. 
Notwithstanding  the  opposition  of  some  of  the  leaders,  the 
good  work  goes  forward.  The  forces  that  make  for  right¬ 
eousness,  like  the  leaven  in  the  meal,  are  doing  their  work 
noiselessly  but  resistlessly. 

Since  the  Durbar  the  people  of  India  feel  more  kindly 
towards  Christian  peoples  and  toward  Christianity  than 
they  did.  In  Africa,  according  to  S.  J.  Corey,  there  are  many 
problems,  but  the  greatest  of  all  is  that  of  taking  care  of 
the  converts,  so  numerous  are  they. 

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PART  IV. 


(general 


iiliefeiionarp 


Information 


THE  INFLUENCE  OF  CHRIST 

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Bishop  Charles  P.  Anderson 

Compare  the  great  men,  the  ideals,  the  poets  of  the  Latin 
races  after  Christianity  was  introduced,  with  the  ideals  and 
the  poets  and  the  great  men  of  the  Roman  Empire  prior  to 
the  time  of  the  birth  of  Christ  or  the  missionary  labors  of 
St.  Paul.  Compare,  if  you  will,  a  Virgil  with  a  Dante.  Does 
not  Dante  have  something  grander  and  sublimer;  did  he 
not  have  visions  which  the  great  poet  Virgil  never  saw  be¬ 
cause  he  had  never  heard  of  a  Christ?  Compare  St.  Augus¬ 
tine  with  Marcus  Aurelius.  We  do  not  care  to  minimize  the 
virtue  of  Marcus  Aurelius,  but  is  it  not  true  that  Augustine 
penetrated  down  deeper,  that  he  reached  up  higher,  that  he 
saw  things  that  Marcus  Aurelius  never  saw?  Compare  such 
a  man  as  St.  Francis  d’ Assisi  with  a  Seneca  or  an  Epictetus. 
Think  of  the  great  Latin  doctors  that  have  made  their  con¬ 
tributions  to  Christian  literature.  Think  of  their  great 
saints — men  and  women.  Think  of  their  great  hymns. 
Think  of  their  great  prayers.  Is  there  anything  in  the  an¬ 
cient  Roman  world,  with  all  its  might  and  power  and  or¬ 
ganization,  that  ever  produced  such  types  of  men  as  Chris¬ 
tianity  produced? 

Take  our  own  civilization.  Christianity  overtook  us  at 
a  time  when  our  forefathers  were  rude  barbarians.  Where 
did  we  get  our  ideas  of  God,  our  ideas  of  truth,  of  honor,  of 
purity,  of  charity,  of  home,  of  wife,  of  child,  of  mother? 
You  say  they  came  as  the  result  of  civilization.  What  is 
civilization  but  the  humanization  of  men?  But  where  did 
the  humanization  power  come  from?  They  are  nothing 

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more  or  less  than  the  direct  contribution  of  the  religion  of 
Jesus  Christ  to  the  humanity  that  we  share. 

Yes,  the  greatest  power  in  the  world  has  been  the  power 
of  Christ.  His  work  is  not  yet  completed,  but  it  is  working 
towards  completeness.  He  has  given  birth  to  spiritual  king¬ 
doms.  He  has  laid  the  cornerstone  of  our  highest  civiliza¬ 
tion.  He  has  revivified  old  dead  maxims  into  living  realities. 
He  has  scattered  the  face  of  the  earth  with  principles  that 
were  based  upon  the  eternal  love  of  the  eternal  Father.  He 
has  been  the  preacher  of  liberty,  fraternity,  and  equality. 
He  has  abolished  slavery  from  our  midst.  He  has  inspired 
our  best  literature.  He  has  founded  institutions  of  learning. 
He  has  been  giving  new  conceptions  of  sin,  new  ideas  of 
duty,  and  new  hopes  of  immortality.  He  has  been  conse¬ 
crating  childhood;  He  has  been  dignifying  womanhood; 
He  has  been  sanctifying  our  homes;  He  has  been  helping 
the  poor;  He  has  been  delivering  people  from  the  oppressor; 
He  has  been  lifting  people  by  the  thousands,  one  by  one,  out 
of  the  dung-hill  of  their  sins  and  causing  them  to  throw 
themselves  upon  the  all-redeeming  love  of  the  Savior  of  the 
world.  Notwithstanding  the  faults  that  can  be  found  in  the 
administration  of  the  Christian  Church,  notwithstanding 
the  weakness  .that  can  be  found  there,  the  most  magnificent, 
the  most  pervasive,  the  greatest  power  in  the  direction  of 
all  that  is  highest  in  human  life  has  been  Christ  and  the 
Christian  Church.  Every  altar  that  is  erected  is  consecrated 
to  the  truth  that  sets  men  free.  Every  tower  that  is  built 
lests  upon  the  eternal  Rock  of  Ages.  Every  spire  points 
men  to  the  highest  things,  to  their  future  home,  and  heaven 
and  God. 

Obliterate  Christianity  out  of  the  world,  strike  it  out  of 
our  literature,  burn  up  your  Bibles,  throttle  the  choirs,  hush 
up  the  preacher’s  voice,  break  down  the  altars,  take  away 
these  things,  and  there  is  no  archangel  that  would  be  suffi¬ 
ciently  eloquent  to  depict  the  horribleness  and  the  vastness 
of  the  catastrophe  that  would  ensue.  In  spite  of  our  faults 
we  can  sing  the  old  psalm,  “O  that  men  would  praise  the 
Lord  for  His  goodness,  and  declare  the  wonders  that  He 
doeth  for  the  children  of  men !” 


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STRIKING  PERSONAL  TESTIMONIES 

‘‘Until  I  went  to  the  Orient  I  did  not  realize  the  im¬ 
mense  importance  of  Foreign  Missions/’ — President  W.  H. 
Taft. 

“I  was  immensely  impressed  with  the  improvement  in 
the  character  of  the  natives  who  had  been  under  mission¬ 
ary  control.  I  wish  it  were  in  my  power  to  convey  my  ex¬ 
periences  to  those  people,  often  well-meaning  people,  who 
speak  about  the  inefficiency  of  the  foreign  missionary.” — 
Ex-Fresident  Theodore  Roosevelt. 

“We  had  an  opportunity  to  investigate  the  work  done 
by  American  missionaries  in  Hawaii,  Japan,  China,  the 
Philippines,  Singapore,  India,  Egypt,  Palestine,  and  Tur¬ 
key.  The  daily  life  of  a  missionary  is  a  constant  sermon.” 
— William  Jennings  Bryan. 

“We  may  well  be  proud  of  the  men  and  women  who  are 
seeking  to  lift  the  masses  in  Japan,  China,  India,  Turkey, 
and  the  Philippines,  and  other  countries,  to  a  higher  and 
better  condition.” — Ex- Vice-President  Chas.  W.  Fairbanks. 

“By  personal  contact  with  the  work  and  workers  I  con¬ 
vinced  myself  that  the  work  of  missionaries,  teachers,  doc¬ 
tors,  and  Christian  helpers  was  eminently  practicable  and 
well  administered.” — Hon.  John  Wanamaker,  Ex-Postmas¬ 
ter-General. 


A  NATIONAL  VIEW 

The  following  is  a  statement  of  what  America  is  doing 
for  Foreign  Missions — this  includes  all  churches  in  this 


country : 

Number  of  missionaries .  7>593 

Native  helpers .  32,236 

Total  force .  39,829 

Church  members  .  876,292 

Additions  last  year  .  87,067 

Schools .  11,129 

Scholars  .  429,974 

Total  income . $12,290,005 

Income  from  the  fields .  $2,035,247 


These  figures  are  taken  from  the  January  (1912)  num¬ 
ber  of  the  Missionary  Review  of  the  World.  We  will  pub¬ 
lish  the  figures  for  1913  as  soon  as  they  are  available. 

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LARGER  THINGS 

The  time  has  come  for  us  to  undertake  things  on  a  larger  scale 
than  in  the  past.  We  are  able  to  do  far  more  than  we  have  ever 
accomplished  or  even  attempted.  We  have  not  begun  to  give  as 
the  Lord  has  prospered  us.  We  are  growing  in  wealth  and  in 
numbers  every  year  and  every  day  of  the  year.  As  good  stewards 
of  His  marvelous  grace  we  must  increase  the  number  and  the 
amounts  of  our  gifts.  Not  till  the  whole  church  is  fully  enlisted 
can  we  feel  that  we  are  doing  our  duty  and  meeting  the  require¬ 
ments  of  our  Lord.  We  are  well  able  to  double  the  force  on  the 
field  and  to  support  and  equip  them  adequately.  Only  as  they  are 
thus  supported  and  equipped  can  they  do  their  utmost  for  the  cause 
to  which  they  have  devoted  their  lives.  The  work  already  begun 
needs  school  buildings  and  chapels  and  hospitals  and  homes.  More 
is  needed  for  buildings  alone  just  now  than  the  Society  receives 
in  a  year.  Our  educational  institutions  require  endowments  even 
as  our  colleges  and  universities  at  home.  One  society  in  America 
is  asking  for  five  millions  for  the  endowment  of  its  schools ;  another 
has  raised  two  millions  for  the  same  purpose.  Our  Lord,  in  whom 
we  trust,  will  stand  by  us  and  prosper  us  if  we  will  do  what  we 
are  able  to  do.  He  will  send  us  men  and  means  of  every  kind  if 
we  pray  and  give  to  the  limit  of  our  ability.  He  takes  delight  in 
manifesting  His  power  in  blessing  His  obedient  children. 

FOREIGN  MISSIONARY  STATISTICS 


Prepared  by  I.  W.  Baker,  of  the  Laymen’s  Missionary  Movement. 


Society. 

Membership. 

Gifts.  . 

A  verage. 

United  Presbyterian . 

•  135,205 

$335,645 

$2.48 

Reformed  Church  in  America  . .  . . 

116,815 

207,404 

1.77 

Presbyterian  Church  in  United 

States  (Southern)  . 

282,000 

452,000 

1.60 

Advent  . 

25,000 

34,887 

1-39 

Congregational  . 

•  730.718 

721,396 

.98 

Presbyterian  in  U.  S.  A . 

•  1,311.819 

1,285,125 

.98 

Protestant  Episcopal . 

928,000 

737,161 

•79 

Methodist  Episcopal  . 

•  3.156,804 

2,190,318 

.69 

Baptist  . 

•  1,342,199 

824,575 

.61 

Methodist  Episcopal  (South)  . 

•  1,835,000 

881,520 

.46 

Disciples  of  Christ . 

.  1,300,000 

520,000 

.40 

United  Evangelical  . 

73,551 

28,120 

.38 

Lutheran  (General  Synod) . 

.  232,247 

85,348 

.36 

Reformed  Church  in  United  States. 

297,110 

108,673 

•36 

United  Brethren  . 

280,000 

98,000 

•35 

Lutheran  (General  Council) . 

479,575 

58,002 

.  12 

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The  Growth  of  Christianity 

Turner,  the  historian,  in  his  “Sacred  History  of  the  World,” 
gives  these  figures  as  illustrating  the  growth  of  Christianity  during 
the  centuries: 


First  century  . 

Second  century  .  .  .  . 

Third  century  . 

Fourth  century . 

Fifth  century . 

Sixth  century  . . 

Seventh  century  .  .  .  , 
Eighth  century  .  .  .  . 
Ninth  century  ...... 

Tenth  century  . 

Eleventh  century  .  . 
Twelfth  century  .  .  . 
Thirteenth  century 
Fourteenth  century 
Fifteenth  century  .  . 
Sixteenth  century  .  . 
Seventeenth  century 
Eighteenth  century 


500,000 

2,000,000 

5,000,000 

10,000,000 

15,000,000 

20,000,000 

24,000,000 

30,000,000 

40,000,000 

50,000,000 

70,000,000 

80,000,000 

75,000,000 

80,000,000 

100,000,000 

125,000,000 

i55»ooo»ooo 

200,000,000 


adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 

adherents 


Turner’s  estimate  goes  no  farther,  but  we  have  the  figures  of  a 
recognized  authority,  M.  Fournier  de  Flaix,  who,  as  the  result  of 
the  most  elaborate  and  painstaking  inquiry,  gives  the  total  esti¬ 
mated  number  of  Christians  in  the  world  at  the  present  time  as 
477,080,158.  This  leaves  the  figures  for  the  nineteenth  century 
probably  near  the  300,000,000  mark.  M.  de  Flaix  gives  the  present 
status  of  the  world’s  religions  thus: 


Hinduism  . 

Buddhism . 

Confucianism  . 

Shintoism . 

Judaism . 

Taoism  . 

Mohammedanism . 

Polytheism  (many  gods) 
Christianity  . 


190,000,000  souls 
147,000,000  souls 
256,000,000  souls 
14,000,000  souls 
7,186,000  souls 
43,000,000  souls 
176,000,000  souls 
117,681,669  souls 
4yy, 080,158  souls 


Destined  to  Take  the  World 

The  nineteenth  century  witnessed  a  greater  advance  in  Chris¬ 
tianity  than  any  of  its  predecessors.  It  was  this  century  which  saw 
the  birth  of  Foreign  Missions  and  the  rapid  growth  of  that  great 
evangelizing  movement  which  is  surely  destined  to  take  the  world 
for  Christ. 

These  figures  are  taken  from  an  issue  of  the  Christian  Herald. 

5a 


What  Business  Has  a  Business  Man 

With  Foreign  Missions 

S.  M.  ZWEMER 

The  word  business  comes  from  the  Anglo-Saxon  byzig, 
which  means  active,  diligent;  and  the  fact  that  the  term 
man-of-business  means  what  it  does  and  only  that,  speaks  vol¬ 
umes  regarding  the  character  of  our  age.  Other  professions  may 
have  leisure,  brook  delays,  or  be  sedentary  in  character.  The  man 
of  business  is  always  on  the  go.  The  commercial  world  has  no 
place  for  the  careless,  dull,  indolent,  listless  talker  or  idler.  Push 
and  Pull  are  written  on  every  door.  Competition  is  keen,  enter¬ 
prise  lively,  advertisement  startling,  and  ambition  world-wide. 
Now  the  one  great  and  only  business  of  the  Church  is  missions, 
and  from  the  nature  of  modern  business  and  the  character  of  For¬ 
eign  Missions,  two  things  are  very  evident.  To  impress  them  on 
you  is  strictly  business  and  will  not  take  five  minutes  of  your  time. 

7.  Your  business  is  connected  with  Foreign  Missions  and  you 
are  indebted  to  them.  This  is  true  whether  you  are  a  Christian 
or  not,  and  whether  you  believe  in  converting  the  heathen  or  con¬ 
sider  the  enterprise  Quixotic  and  hopeless.  Whatever  branch  of 
finance  or  trade  you  are  engaged  in,  I  challenge  you  to  read  up  its 
history  and  you  will  find  yourself  face  to  face  with  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sions.  There  are  no  banks  or  drafts  in  heathendom.  There  is  no 
partnership  in  Mohammedan  lands,  for  no  one  trusts  his  neighbor. 
The  history  of  architecture,  drainage  and  transportation  all  land 
you  in  the  story  of  mediaeval  missions.  Modern  commerce  is  the 
fruit  of  Christianity  no  less  than  modern  civilization.  The  fact 
that  London  and  New  York,  and  not  Pekin  or  Constantinople,  are 
the  financial  pillars  of  the  world,  is  due  to  Columba  and  Augustin. 
Peschel,  the  great  geographer,  said:  “Geography,  commerce  and 
the  spread  of  the  Christian  religion  have  singularly  enough  a  com¬ 
mon  history.”  Missions  not  only  promote  but  create  commerce. 
Ipecac  and  quinine  and  india-rubber  were  discovered  by  mission¬ 
aries;  the  first  steamships  on  African  lakes  were  built  for  mis¬ 
sions;  ploughs  were  first  sold  in  Turkey  by  American  missionaries; 
Yankee  clocks  have  followed  Yankee  school-teachers  from  China 
to  Peru.  Commercial  facts  like  these  are  so  numerous  and  novel 
that  I  commend  to  you  their  perusal  in  books  like  Warneck’s 
“Modern  Missions  and  Culture,”  or  the  Ely  Volume  on  “Missions 
and  Science,” 

You  owe  a  debt  to  Foreign  Missions  as  a  business  man.  The 
heathen  have  a  claim  on  you  at  least  six  days  a  week.  Some  of 

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the  indispensables  of  your  lunch  and  the  comforts  of  your  home 
are  the  result  of  heathen  labor.  And  no  modern  business  man 
denies  that  he  owes  a  duty  to  his  employees.  Many  of  your  costly 
imports  are  brought  to  the  wharves  by  heathen  slave-labor. 
Who  gathered  and  dried  the  tea  in  India,  Ceylon  and  China?  Who 
toiled  at  the  looms  in  Persia  and  Afghanistan  to  fill  your  tapestry 
department?  Did  the  negroes  who  carried  your  ivory  to  the  coast 
ever  hear  of  your  Savior?  You  say  all  business  men  are  not 
interested  in  billiard-balls  or  piano-keys.  Granted.  But  look  at 
your  desk.  Whence  came  the  tools  of  your  profession?  Your 
bottle  of  mucilage  and  your  box  of  stamps  owe  a  debt  to  the  Arabs 
of  Hadramaut.  Your  eraser  and  the  handle  of  your  fountain-pen 
came  froni  South  America,  the  neglected  continent.  The  graphite 
of  your  pencil  from  dark  Siberia,  and  your  finest  grade  of  ink  from 
China.  If  you  are  in  the  drug  or  grocer  trade  look  down  the  list 
of  oils,  balsams,  gums,  and  barks,  and  see  what  you  owe  to  heathen 
lands.  In  the  business  world  no  man  liveth  to  himself.  A  famine 
at  the  Antipodes  changes  stock  in  Wall  Street.  The  occupation  of 
the  New  Hebrides  by  missionaries  lowered  quotations  on  arrow- 
root.  Livingstone’s  last  journey  opened  half  a  million  markets 
for  piece-goods.  The  value  of  exports  and  imports  of  Hawaii  for 
a  single  year  are  twelve  times  as  much  as  the  total  sum  spent  from 
the  beginning  until  the  end  by  foreign  missionaries  in  evangelizing 
and  civilizing  its  people.  War  destroys  markets  and  has  closed 
more  open  doors  than  opened  closed  ones.  But  the  missionary  is 
the  pioneer  of  commerce  and  the  herald  of  civilization.  If  you 
want  a  wider  market  send  out  more  missionaries.  The  man  who 
reads  a  primer  wants  a  shirt  and  his  wife  a  broom.  Uganda  will 
soon  import  American  carpet-sweepers.  It  ought  not  to  take  a 
business  man  long  to  see  that  missions  pay,  even  in  the  lowest  sense 
of  the  word. 

Now  while  you  profit  by  this  world-market  you  can  not  hide 
from  yourself  the  fact  that  much  of  this  wealth  costs  the  lives  of 
men  for  whom  Christ  died,  and  that  they  have  died  practically  in 
your  service,  never  having  heard  the  Blessed  Name.  Here  lies  a 
great  responsibility  for  business  men,  and  they  should  show  to 
the  world  that  they  have  a  stake  in  the  greatest  business  enterprise 

■* 

and  the  most  stupendous  Trust  of  the  twentieth  century — Foreign 
Missions. 

II.  Foreign  Missions  needs  you,  because  you  are  a  business 
man.  When  the  world  was  half  asleep  and  wholly  drowsy,  in  the 
Middle  Ages,  monks  were  missionaries.  Now  it  is  daybreak  every¬ 
where  and  monks  are  out-of-date.  We  want  business  men  for  the 
business.  There  are  certain  words  of  David,  oft  quoted,  about  the 
King’s  business  requiring  haste.  They  were  a  lie  to  begin  with, 

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and  as  applied  to  Christ’s  Kingdom  are  only  partly  true  and  wholly 
inadequate.  The  King’s  business  requires  a  great  many  things 
more  imperatively  than  haste.  His  work  requires  the  very  quali¬ 
ties  in  its  servant,  which  you  possess  if  you  are  a  successful  busi¬ 
ness  man.  Capital,  caution,  confidence,  attention,  application,  ac¬ 
curacy,  method,  punctuality,  dispatch — these  are  the  elements  for 
efficient  conduct  of  business  of  any  sort.  They  are  the  very  ele¬ 
ments  that  have  built  up  and  would  to-day  rejuvenate  the  business 
at  the  old  stand  of  Foreign  Missions. 

This  business  of  Foreign  Missions  is  sorely  in  need  of  less 
criticism  and  more  capital.  You  can  supply  it.  It  is  acknowledged 
on  the  Best  Authority  to  be  the  most  paying  investment  in  the 
world.  Ten  thousand  per  cent  (or  an  hundred-fold)  is  guaranteed; 

and  has  been  paid  to  investors  again  and  again.  The  enterprise  of 

« 

carrying  the  gospel  to  every  creature  is  older,  has  more  branch 
offices,  and  covers  a  wider  territory  than  the  Standard  Oil  Com¬ 
pany,  and  furnishes  better  light  and  warmth  to  humanity.  Why 
are  business  men  afraid  to  sink  capital  in  this  Divine  Trust?  But 
it  is  more  than  mere  capital  that  the  business  needs.  Foreign  Mis¬ 
sions  need  you  yourself.  A  business  enterprise  needs  business 
men  to  direct  it,  to  extend  it,  to  carry  it  on.  Some  of  the  most 
successful  missions  were  inaugurated  by  laymen  or  business  men. 
There  is  to-day  a  wider  and  louder  call  for  consecrated  business 
men  in  the  Foreign  Mission  field  than  there  ever  was  before.  The 
whole  problem  of  industrial  missions,  which  lies  back  of  that  other 
problem  of  obtaining  a  self-supporting  native  church,  will  have 
to  be  solved  by  men  of  business.  The  cause  of  Foreign  Missions 
needs  the  help  of  business  men  in  its  administration;  business  men 
who  will  give  their  time  and  talent  to  this  important  work  and 
make  it  their  business  to  do  the  Lord’s  work  in  a  business-like 
way. 


Blowed  a  Bugle  Blast 

One  of  the  boldest  of  missionaries  was  Baron  Von  Welz,  pioneer 
to  Dutch  Guiana.  Because  he  would  not  keep  silent,  but  kept  blow¬ 
ing  his  bugle  blast  in  men’s  ears,  summoning  the  sleeping  church  to 
propagate  the  faith  among  unbelieving  peoples,  he  was  laughed  at 
as  a  dreamer  and  fanatic,  and  denounced  as  a  hypocrite,  heretic,  and 
blasphemer.  Such  men  are  God’s  agitators,  sent  to  marshal  the 
conscience  of  the  church,  to  mold  the  law  of  its  life  and  methods  of 
its  work  in  conformity  with  his  Word  and  will.  The  madness  of 
one  generation  is  often  the  wisdom  of  the  next.  The  men  that  are 
martyrs  to  the  hatred  and  violence  of  one  age  are  the  saints  that  a 
succeeding  age  canonizes. 


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MORE  SIGNIFICANT 

While  the  above  figures  are  full  of  encouragement,  yet  the 
growth  of  Christian  missions  from  1895  to  1908,  or  in  the  short 
period  of  only  thirteen  years,  is  still  more  significant. 

In  1895  the  total  membership  in  all  heathen  fields  was  995,793; 
in  1908  the  membership  was  2,056,173,  a  gain  in  thirteen  years  of 
1,060,380,  or  more  than  double  in  thirteen  years. 

In  1895  the  total  number  of  additions  was  only  63,081,  while 
in  1908  the  number  was  164,674,  or  an  increase  of  more  than  100,000 
in  thirteen  years. 


The  number  of  missionaries  leaped  from  11,765  to  19,875,  or  a 
gain  of  8,110  during  the  same  period.  This  is  no  less  significant. 
This  is  an  annual  increase  of  more  than  623,  or  nearly  two  per  day. 

The  number  of  native  helpers  increased  from  55,118  to  98,955 
in  thirteen  years,  or  a  gain  of  43,837,  or  nearly  eighty  per  cent. 
These  are  cheering  figures. 

The  income  of  the  missionarv  societies  of  the  world  have 
grown  in  thirteen  years  from  $13,620,972  to  $22,846,465,  or  an  in¬ 
crease  of  $9,225,493. 

Then  again,  the  number  of  scholars  in  mission  schools  has 
grown  from  786,002  to  1,290,582,  or  almost  doubled. 

What  marvelous  things  our  eyes  are  permitted  to  see !  The 
hand  of  the  Lord  is  upon  us.  His  Spirit  fills  the  hearts  of  His 
people  more  and  more.  What  may  we  not  expect  in  the  next 
twenty-five  years? 


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A  Worthy  Life  Purpose 


I  will  place  no  value  on  any¬ 
thing  I  have  or  may  possess, 
except  in  its  relation  to  the 
'  Kingdom  of  Christ.  If  anything 
I  have  will  advance  the  interests 
of  that  Kingdom  it  shall  be  given 
up  or  kept,  as  by  keeping  or 
giving  it  I  shall  most  promote 
the  glory  of  Him  to  whom  I  owe 
all  my  hopes,  both  of  time  and  eternity.  May  grace  be  given 
me  to  adhere  to  this ^ 

—DAVID  LIVINGSTONE 


Income  of  Leading  American  Foreign 
Missionary  Boards  for  1911. 


Methodist  Episcopal .  $2,217, 127 

Presbyterian . 1,718,526 

Baptist  Missionary  Society  . .  1,163,988 

American  Board  (Cong.) .  1,032,026 

Protestant  Episcopal .  855,042 

Methodist  Episcopal  (South) .  .  780,170 

Disciples  of  Christ  (F.  C.  M.  S.  and  C.W.  B.  M.)  528,082 

Southern  Baptists  .  510,009 

Presbyterian  (South).. .  452,513 

United  Presbyterian .  332,388 


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Missions  in  China 

0 

(From  “The  Chinese  Revolution,”  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Brown.) 

As  far  back  as  the  first  decade  of  the  sixth  century,  Nes- 

torian  monks  appear  to  have  begun  a  mission  in  China. 
They  traveled  beyond  the  bounds  of  the  Roman  Empire 
across  deserts  and  mountains  to  ‘‘the  land  of  Sinim.”  A 
quaint  monument  at  Hsian-fu,  the  capital  of  Shen-si,  is  the 
only  remaining  trace  of  what  must  have  been  an  interesting 
and  perhaps  a  thrilling  missionary  enterprise. 


The  Roman  Catholic  effort  began  in  1293.  This  effort 
was  a  failure.  But  another  effort  was  made  in  1581,  which 
proved  successful.  In  1670  the  priests  reported  300,000  bap¬ 
tized  Chinese.  In  the  nineteenth  century  the  growth  of  the 
Roman  Catholics  was  rapid.  They  are  now  strongly  en¬ 
trenched  in  all  the  provinces  and  in  most  of  the  leading 
cities.  They  now  have  1,201  foreign  priests  and  550  Chinese 
priests,  3,846  sisters,  6,025  churches  and  chapels,  and  about 
one  million  members.  _ 

The  first  Protestant  missionary  to  China  was  Robert 
Morrison,  who  sailed  from  London  alone,  January  31,  1807, 
under  the  appointment  of  the  London  Missionary  Society. 
He  was  twenty-five  years  of  age.  The  East  India  Company 
would  not  allow  a  missionary  on  any  of  its  ships,  and  Mor¬ 
rison  came  to  New  York  to  see  if  he  could  secure  passage  on 
an  American  vessel.  Here  he  met  David  Washington  Cin- 
cinnatus  Oliphant,  who  owned  a  line  of  ships,  and  he  con¬ 
veyed  him  to  China  free  of  charge.  The  young  man  sailed 
on  the  good  ship  Trident  the  middle  of  May.  On  the  8th 
of  September  that  solitary  friendless  man  landed  upon  Chi¬ 
nese  soil.  That  was  the  beginning  of  a  new  day  for  China. 
A  distinguished  Chinaman  said  the  recent  Revolution  began 
when  Morrison  reached  the  country  in  1807! 


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It  was  seven  years  before  Morrison  baptized  his  first  con¬ 
vert  in  a  lonely  spot  where  unfriendly  eyes  could  not  see  him. 
This  was  July  i6,  1814.  Progress  was  slow.  At  his  death, 
in  1834,  there  were  only  three  Protestant  Chinese  Christians 
in  the  whole  empire.  That  was  twenty-four  years  after  his 
arrival. 


The  following  table  showing  the  growth  of  Christianity 
in  China  is  eloquent: 


0 

00 

M 

.  0 

communicants. 

1814 . 

.  I 

a 

1834 . 

.  3 

1842 . 

.  6 

a 

1853 . 

.  350 

a 

1857 . 

.  1,000 

a 

1865 . 

.  2,000 

n 

1876 . 

.  13,515 

.( 

1886 . 

.  28,000 

n 

1889 . 

. 37.287 

n 

1893 . 

.  55,093 

1897 . 

.  80,682 

a 

'  1903  . 

. 114,687 

a 

1910 . 

. 278,628 

a 

The  present  Protestant  missionary  work  in  China 

dicated  by  the  following  figures:  Missionaries,  4,299;  Chi¬ 
nese  ministers,  teachers  and  evangelists,  11,661;  schools, 
3,145;  hospitals,  170;  church  members,  278,628. 


F.  A.  McKenzie,  editor  of  the  London  Times,  said:  ‘‘The 
missionaries  are  the  men  who  began  the  work  of  awakening 

China.  Their  work  is  not  to  be  measured  by  their  enrolled 

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converts.  They  have  been  the  pioneers  battering  down 
prejudices  and  misunderstandings.  They  brought  modern 
medical  knowledge  to  China,  and  China  is  now  adopting  it. 
They  brought  Western  learning.  They  have  been  not  only 
teachers  of  religion,  but  advance  agents  of  civilization.” 


During  the  Boxer  persecution  in  1900  one  of  the  Chinese 
preachers,  on  refusing  to  apostatize,  received  a  hundred 
blows  upon  his  bare  back,  and  then  the  bleeding  sufferer  was 
told  to  choose  between  obedience  and  another  hundred 
blows.  What  would  you  have  answered?  The  half-dead 
Chinese  gasped,  ‘T  value  Jesus  Christ  more  than  life,  and 
will  never  deny  him!”  Before  all  of  the  second  hundred 
blows  could  be  inflicted,  unconsciousness  came,  and  he  was 
left  for  dead.  A  friend  took  him  away  by  night,  bathed 
his  wounds,  and  secretly  nursed  him  to  recovery.  Dr.  A.  J. 
Brown  says,  ‘T  saw  him  and  looked  reverently  upon  the  flesh 
that  was  seamed  and  scarred  with  ‘the  marks  of  the  Lord 
Jesus.’  ” 


China  is  Moving 

All  is  change  in  China.  Laws  and  customs  and  methods 
of  trade  and  even  religion.  To  friends  of  missions  the  re¬ 
ligious  changes  are  the  most  significant. 

The  old  religions  of  China  have  received  their  death¬ 
blow.  Confucianism  is  passing.  Idols  have  been  destroyed. 
Temples  are  being  used  by  the  government  either  for  sol¬ 
diers  or  educational  or  governmental  purposes.  A  better 
use  has  been  found  for  them  than  heathen  worship.  Tem¬ 
ples  are  not  used  for  worship  as  frequently  as  in  the  past. 
The  people  are  too  poor  to  express  their  devotion  in  them. 
The  great  hordes  of  broken-spirited  people  have  no  heart 


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to  try  what  has  done  them  no  good  in  the  centuries  bygone. 
Millions  cry  out  like  children  in  the  dark  for  light  and  help. 
They  feel  after  God  and  do  not  find  him  because  they  have 
no  man  to  guide  them.  It  is  a  time  for  sympathy  and  help. 

The  Buddhist  nunneries  have  been  abolished  by  decree 
of  the  new.  government.  The  buildings  are  to  be  used  for 
schools  or  public  halls.  The  history  of  Japan  is  being  re¬ 
peated.  The  face  of  all  Asia  is  changing.  China  is  moving 
with  a  rapidity  never  dreamed  of  by  the  most  hopeful. 

But  China  is  not  becoming  Christianized.  How  can 
she  with  less  than  4,000  missionaries?  The  number  is  all 
too  small.  Yes,  China  is  moving,  but  wither?  Some  com¬ 
munities  are  going  in  the  direction  of  light  and  toward  God. 
A  torch  has  been  lighted.  A  hand  is  there  to  guide  the  way. 
Great  independent  churches  are  springing  up.  Commu¬ 
nities  are  being  transformed.  A  new  and  better  order  is 
being  established. 

But  what  of  the  thousands  of  communities  where  the 
enchanting  name  of  Christ  has  never  been  spoken?  Old 
China  is  broken  in  pieces,  and  new  China  will  follow  in 
the  better  way  if  shown  how.  The  land  is  in  a  liquid  state, 
and  can  be  .  molded  into  the  image  of  God  if  the  Chris¬ 
tian  people  of  the  world  will  act  now.  But  there  is  not  a 
day  to  be  lost.  The  open  door  of  opportunity  will  speedily 
be  closed.  Soon  the  present  state  of  mind  and  conduct  will 
be  hardened  into  indifference  or  infidelity. 

I 

What  will  our  people  do  the  first  Sunday  in  March  to 
help  solve  the  greatest  problem  that  has  ever  been  before 
the  Christian  world?  We  will  show  our  apostolic  temper 
and  attitude  if  we  rise  up  like  a  mighty  host  and  send  our 
sons  and  daughters  to  save  a  nation  that  asks  out  of  deep 
anguish  for  salvation.  It  is  a  time  for  heroic  action  in  every 

Church.  Please  make  it  so  in  your  congregation. 

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The  growth  in  number  of  Christians  is  large.  But  this 
is  not  a  full  measure  of  all  that  has  been  accomplished.  By 
no  means.  It  is  only  a  very  small  part.  Note  a  few  changes 
that  have  been  wrought.  And  even  these  are  only  a  few. 

1.  National  Assembly  established  at  Pekin.  This 
would  answer  to  our  Congress.  Later  Provincial  Assem¬ 
blies  were  called.  China  was  provided  for  a  graded  system 

•  of  representative  bodies  from  town  councils  to  a  National 
Congress. 

2.  The  Manchu  rule  has  been  thrown  off,  and  a  Re¬ 
public  now  exists.  This  is  almost  beyond  belief. 

3.  The  anti-opium  movement  is  one  of  the  greatest  re¬ 
form  movements  in  the  history  of  the  world.  The  mission- 

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aries  were  back  of  the  movement.  No  less  than  5,000 
opium  pipes  were  destroyed  in  Hang-Chou  at  one  time. 
Thousands  of  acres  which  were  formerly  devoted  to  the 
cultivation  of  the  poppy  now  grow  in  grain  and  vegetables. 

4.  Anti-footbinding  societies  were  formed  years  ago 
by  missionaries.  In  1906  an  imperial  edict  advised  parents 
not  to  bind  the  feet  of  their  daughters. 

5.  The  criminal  code  was  changed.  Methods  of  pun¬ 
ishment  are  more  humane.  Certain  cruel  punishments  are 
now  prohibited. 

6.  The  queues  are  now  cut.  Almost  all  the  Revolu¬ 
tionists  cut  their  queues.  The  triumph  of  the  Revolution 

probably  means  the  end  of  this  custom. 

Many  other  changes  which  show  the  influence  of  the  new 

order  in  that  land. 


Before  and  After  Hospital  Care 


After  a  year’s  illness  the  heathen  Chinese 
parents  of  this  girl  thrust  her  out  to  starve, 
to  beg,  or  to  steal.  One  of  our  missionaries 
found  her  and  took  her  to  one  of  the  mission 
hospitals.  This  picture  was  taken  after  she 
began  to  improve.  The  missionaries  called 
her  “The  Hospital  Skeleton.’’ 


This  is  the  same  girl  Jafter  months^of 
tender  treatment  and  care.  When  she  came 
her  soul  was  as  starved  as  her  body.  She  is 
now  an  excellent  Christian  girl,^  and  helps 
among  children  in  the^hospital. 


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China  and  Trade 


Fifty  years  ago  China  was  so 
far  away  in  time  that  it  had  no 
appreciable  effect  upon  Amer¬ 
ican  life.  News  traveled  slowly. 
Trade  was  almost  impossible.  It 
is  not  so  now. 


Transporting  produce  to  market 
i^in  wheelbarrows — the  old  way 


Hunter  Corbett  and  Calvin 
Mateer,  young  missionaries  who 
sailed  for  China  in  1863,  were  six 
months  in  reaching  their  desti¬ 
nation  in  a  sailing  vessel  of  small 
tonnage,  few  conveniences,  and 
no  comforts. 

•V'  . '  V 

An  oil  company  in  America  re¬ 
cently  sold  $14,500,000  vrorth  of 
oil  in  China  in  one  year.  When 
the  Chinese  saw  the  missionaries 
lighting  their  houses  with  kero¬ 
sene  oil,  they  wanted  to  light 
their  own  homes  in  the  same 
way. 

Some  years  ago  a  family  in 
Portland,  Ore.,  sent  an  agent  to 
Hong-Kong  to  introduce  its 
flour.  The  people  did  not  want 
it,  but  the  agent  stayed,  gave 


away  samples,  and  after  much 
labor  and  great  cost  a  market 
was  created.  Now  that  firm  is 
overrun  with  orders.  Numerous 
mills  run  day  and  night  to  sup¬ 
ply  the  demands. 

The  cotton  growers  of  the 
United  States  find  their  chief 
foreign  market  in  China. 

A  church  building  at  Wei- 
hsien  typifies  the  elements  that 
are  now  entering  China,  for  it 
contains  Chinese  brick,  Oregon 
fir  beams,  German  steel  binding- 
plates  and  rods,  Belgian  glass, 
Manchurian  pine  pews,  and  Brit¬ 
ish  cement. 

The  Chinese  are  establishing 
their  own  water,  steam,  and  elec¬ 
tric  power  plants  and  are  build¬ 
ing  mills  of  all  kinds.  The  Han- 
Yang  Iron  &  Steel  Works,  oppo¬ 
site  Hankow,  begun  in  1894,  now 
employs  over  4,000  workmen. 
They  make  iron  and  steel  for 
Chinese  railways,  bridges,  and 
warships,  and  produce  pig  iron 
cheaper  than  it  can  be  produced 


Tarveling  in  China — the  old  way 


in  America.  Pig  iron  can  be  laid 
down  from  China  at  San  Fran¬ 
cisco  cheaper  than  it  can  be 
placed  in  the  same  city  from 
Pennsylvania  steel  works. 

Pekin  now  has  well-paved 
streets,  sidewalks,  sewers,  street 
cars,  telephones,  electric  lights, 
and  uniform  police  force.  Scores 
of  other  cities  are  undergoing 
like  transformations. 

The  first  railroad  in  China  was 
built  in  1876.  It  ran  from  Shang¬ 
hai  to  Wu-sung,  only  fourteen 
miles.  Great  was  the  excitement 
of  the  populace,  and  no  sooner 
was  it  completed  than  it  was 
bought  by  the  Government,  the 
road-bed  torn  up,  and  the  engine 
dumped  into  the  river.  That 
ended  the  railway  building  until 
1881.  Now  there  are  6,300  miles 
in  operation,  and  several  thou¬ 
sands  in  course  of  construction. 

Railways  have  inaugurated  in 
China  a  new  era,  and  when  a  new 
era  is  inaugurated  for  one-fourth 
of  the  race,  the  other  three- 
fourths  are  certain  to  be  affected 
in  many  ways. 

A  tobacco  company  has  an¬ 
nounced  its  determination  to  put 
its  cigarettes  into  the  hands  of 
every  man,  woman,  and  child  in 
China.  Brewers  and  distillers 
have  a  like  ambition. 

China  has  been  one  of  the 
great  markets  of  Western  na¬ 
tions.  Agents  of  American  and 


European  manufacturers  are  in 
most  of  the  leading  cities,  and 
the  products  of  the  white  men’s 
fields  and  factories  may  be  seen 
in  the  remotest  interior  towns. 

When  the  Chinese  women  saw 
the  missionaries’  wives  making 
their  clothing  with  sewing  ma¬ 
chines,  instantly  they  wanted 
machines.  So  great  a  demand 
has  followed  that  one  company 
in  America  recently  offered  a 


Traveling  lin  i;  China — the  new  way 

missionary  a  salary  of  $15,000  if 
he  would  take  its  superintend¬ 
ency  of  sales  in  China.  He  de¬ 
clined  the  offer,  as  he  had  not 
gone  to  China  to  sell  sewing  ma¬ 
chines. 

One  province  in  China  con¬ 
tains  400  square  miles  of  the  best 
anthracite  coal.  There  is  coal 
enough  here,  it  is  said,  to  heat 
the  world  for  a  thousand  years. 

China’s  profoundest  need  is 
more  gospel  preachers  to  give 
the  nation  a  change  of  heart  and 
new  social  conditions  and  ideals. 


Call  for  More  Workers 

The  most  moving  appeal  that  comes  to  the  Mission 
Boards  to-day  from  non-Christian  lands  is  from  the  people 
themselves  asking  for  more  missionaries,  more  Christian 
schools,  more  Christian  hospitals,  more  Christian  literature. 
The  people  of  the  East  are  losing  confidence  in  their  an¬ 
cestral  religions  and  are  becoming  more  and  more  conscious 
of  their  need  of  a  religion  to  which  they  cling  in  the  midst 
of  the  developing  intellectual  life  which  is  now  making  such 
rapid  progress  in  the  East.  When  one  says  that  the  people 
of  the  East  do  not  want  Christianity,  he  must  in  some  way 
account  for  the  appeals  of  the  people  of  the  East  for  Chris¬ 
tian  missionaries  and  for  the  results  of  Christian  missionary 
work. — James  L.  Barton. 

“We,  then,  that  are  strong  ought  to  bear  the 
infirmities  of  the  weak,  and  not  to  please  ourselves, 

.  .  .  for  even  Christ  pleased  not  Himself.’’ 

We  are  debtors  “both  to  the  Greeks  and  to  the 
barbarians;  both  to  the  wise  and  to  the  unwise.” 

“Freely  ye  have  received,  freely  give.” 

“Whatsoever  ye  would  that  men  should  do  to 
you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them.” 

“Go  ye  therefore  and  teach  all  nations,  .  .  . 
and  lo,  I  am  with  you  alway,  even  unto  the  end 
of  the  world.” 

“If  ye  love  Me,  keep  My  commandments,” 


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Suggestive  Program  for  a  Foreign 
Missionary  Rally  in  Your  Church 
Sunday  Night,  February  23,1913 


This  program  may  be  changed  to  meet  any  local  conditions. 

No  Offering  Should  Be  Taken. 

General  Topic:  SUCCESS  OF  FOREIGN  MISSIONS 

[Let  this  meeting  be  led  by  the  pastor  or  some  other  live  missionary  member.  The  speakers  should 
be  notified  and  all  the  preliminary  arrangements  made  in  good  Ume  to  insure  success.] 

A  Devotional*  Song. 

A  Missionary  Song. 

Reading  of  the  Thirty-fifth  chapter  of  Isaiah. 

A  Few  Moments  of  Silent  Prayer,  followed  by  a  number  of  one  or 
two  minute  prayers  for  our  missionaries  in  the  different  countries. 

A  Missionary  Song. 

A  Five  Minutes’  Address  by  the  Leader-— Explain  the  object  of  the 
meeting,  its  general  character,  the  object  of  the  March  Offering,  etc. 

A  JPive  Minutes’  Address:  The  Missionary  Sentiment  Among 
Believers  in  the  Past. 

1.  When  Carey  proposed  that  something  be  done  for  the  spread  of  the  gospel  among  the  heathen. 

he  was  told  to  sit  down. 

2.  A  bishop  of  the  Church  of  England  publicly  argued  against  the  missionary  enterprise. 

3.  The  Parliament  of  England  declared  against  the  mi^ionary  cause,  as  did  the  General  Assembly 

of  Scotland. 

4.  One  preacher  praised  the  happy  ignorance  of  the  untutored  savage. 

5.  One  of  bur  preachers  said  recently  that  he  would  not  give  one  farmer  in  his  State  for  10,000 
’  Chinese. 

A  Missionary  Song,  followed  by  a  brief  prayer.  ' 

A  Five  Minutes’  Address:  The  Present  Total  Missionary  Forced 

1.  Total  number  of  missionaries  on  the  field,  19,875.  ■  ^ 

2.  Native  helpers,  about  100,000. 

3.  Schools  on  field,  28,164. 

4.  Hospitals,  about  1,000. 

5.  Number  of  missionary  societi^  fn  the  world,  350. 

A  Five  Minutes’  Address:  The  Growth  on  the  Fields. 

1.  There  are  more  than  100,000.  Protestant  Christians  in  India.  The  sentiment  of  the  peoi^e 
'  has  marvdousiy  changed  toward  Christianity. 

2.  China  has  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  million  of  Protestant  Christians,  the  number  has  doubled 

in  ten  years.  Public  attitude  has  made  wonderful  changes  in  five  years. 

3.  There  were  no  Christians  in  Japan  fifty  years  ago,  now  there  are  75,000.  This  land  has  made 

almost  miraculous  progress  since  the  advent  of  the  missionary. 

4.  There  has  been  an  average  of  one  conversion  for  every  hour,  day  and  night,  for  twenty*^ 

years  in  Korea;  great  churches  have  been  established. 

5.  The  Foreign  Society  has  about  trebled  its  whole  working  force  in  ten  years;  more  than  doubled 

the  Christians  on  the  foreign  field;  trebled  the  number  in  Sunday-schools;  trebled  the 
number  in  mission  schools;  and  more  than  doubled  its  total  income. 

A  Five  Minutes’  Address:  Obligations  of  this  Church  to  March 
Offering. 

1.  Every  Member  Canvass  fo^  Funds. 

.  2.  A  higher  standard  for  personal  giving. 

3.  Our  part  of  the  $500,000. 

4.  New  missionaries  going  out  this  year  appointed  by  our  Foreign  Society;  many  new  buildings 

going  up;  work  being  enlarged  in  every  direction.  ' 

5.  Must  raise  our  apportionment. 

Closing  Prayers  for  All  the  Work  in  All  Lands. 

benediction. 


PLANS  FOR  NEW  YEA^ 

When  you  are  making  plans  to  invest  your  savings  for  the 
New  Year,  1913,  please  remember  the 

ai^nnuity  Plan 

of  the 

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Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 

It  is  a  good  way  to  do  good  with  your  money  while  you 
live,  and  yet  enjoy  a  certain  income  from  it  during  all  of  life. 

This  plan  is  business  and  benevolence  com¬ 
bined.  The  Society  will  receive  amounts  of 
$100  or  more,  paying  interest  on  the  same  dur¬ 
ing  the  life  of  the  annuitant.  At  his  or  her  death  the  money  belongs 
to  the  Society  without  further  obligation.  If  from  40  to  45  years  of 
age,  4%  interest  will  be  paid;  from  45  to  50  years,  5%;  if  50  years 
or  over,  6%.  The  interest  is  paid  semi-annually.  A  bond  is  exe¬ 
cuted  for  the  payment  of  the  interest,  properly  signed  and  bearing 
the  seal  of  the  Society.  " 

Larde  Income  The  income  is  larger  than  from  almost  any 
^  ^  5a/e  investment.  The  rate  of  taxes  in  most 

places  is  at  least  2%,  from  which  you  are  free  when  you  turn  the  money 
over  to  the  Foreign  Society  on  the  Annuity  Plan.  This  added  to  the 
6%  you  receive,  makes  your  income  equal  to  8%  in  other  forms  of 
investment.  The  income  is  fixed.  It  is  a  certainty.  It  can  not  de-  > 
crease.  This  is  one  of  the  great  advantages  of  the  Annuity  Plan. 

Safe  tv  The  Foreign  Society  is  as  safe  as  the  Government.  It  is 
axcty  incorporated  under  thb  laws  of  the  State  of  Ohio.  It  has 
property  worth  more  than  $600,000,  besides  n  large  and  growing 
annual  income.  A  bond  of  the  Society  is  absolutely  good. 

a  fi  tfkn  C  A  ^ out  money  will  bear  interest  every  day  through 
jreriilallt;  C  life.  Most  investments  are  liable  to  expire 

within  a  few  years,  or  to  change  in  value.  Reinvestments  are  often 
perplexing,  safe  and  satisfactory  ones  being  difficult  to  secure.  All 
uncertainties  are  avoided  by  the  Annuity  Plan. 


This  plan  is  very  popular  with  all  who  have  tried  it.  Some  of  the 
best  business  men  in  the  country  have  donated  money  on  this  plan. 

For  fuller  information  ask  for  Illustrated  Annuity  Booklet,  which  is 
sent  free  of  charge. 

This  plan  is  especially  attractive  to  those  fifty  years  of  age  or  older. 

ADDRESS  - - - - 

Foreign  Christian  Missionary  Society 

Box  884  Cincinnati,  Ohio 


Business  and 
Benevolence 


